The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception Quotes

“But, actually, an affordance is neither an objective property nor a subjective property; or it is both if you like. An affordance cuts across the dichotomy of subjective-objective and helps us to understand its inadequacy. It is equally a fact of the environment and a fact of behavior. It is both physical and psychical, yet neither. An affordance points both ways, to the environment and to the observer.”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“We should begin thinking of events as the primary realities and of time as an abstraction from them—a concept derived mainly from regular repeating events, such as the ticking of clocks. Events are perceived, but time is not (Gibson, 1975).”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“One sees the environment not with the eyes but with the eyes-in-the-head-on-the-body-resting-on-the-ground.”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“And the careful manipulation of the occluding edges of clothing with progressive revealing of skin is a form of the theatrical art called stripping.”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“But then, of course, one can peek through the fingers, which is not only pleasurable but a lesson in practical optics.”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“To kiss someone, magnify the face-form, if the facial expression is amiable, so as almost to fill the field of view. (It is absolutely essential for one to keep one’s eyes open so as to avoid collision. It is also wise to learn to discriminate those subtle invariants that specify amiability.)”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

“It must be admitted that when I turn around while driving our car and reply to my wife’s protests that I can perfectly well see where I am going without having to look where I am going because the focus of outflow is implicit, she is not reassured.”
― James J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception