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Senses Quotes

On perception, instinct, and living fully.

This collection gathers quotes on the senses, including the idea that extending what we perceive extends what we know. Explore related themes in our Awareness quotes.

Live with all of your senses.

Quotes by Sue Townsend

In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses.

Quotes by Rudolf Arnheim

Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world.

Quotes by Peter Garrett

If we extend our senses, then, consequently, we will extend our knowledge. It's really very basic.

Quotes by Neil Harbisson

Awareness Quotes

Nothing can be found in the intellect if previously has not been found in the senses.

Quotes by Michael Servetus

If my senses don't feel right then I don't do it.

Quotes by Mel B

The body is something absolutely miraculous. It's amazing, the five senses.

Quotes by Mathieu Amalric

For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.

Quotes by Margaret Cavendish

There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses.

Quotes by Louis Aragon

Depth Quotes

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

Leonardo da Vinci

Both of my parents have great senses of humor.

Quotes by Kristin Gore

When cooking for a man, treat all of his senses.

Quotes by Katie Lee

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

Quotes by John Lithgow

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

Quotes by John Burroughs

Emotion Quotes

In 1792, my Sister told me, I was growing out of my senses.

Quotes by Joanna Southcott

Our senses have changed, even though our emotions have not.

Quotes by Jean-Michel Jarre

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Quotes by Hervey Allen

You always have to stimulate the senses.

Quotes by Henrik Fisker

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Helen Keller

Identity Quotes

There is no distinction between reverence for existence and our senses and/or apathy.

Quotes by Genesis P-Orridge

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this senses quotes collection about?
This page gathers quotes on the five senses and how they shape perception, knowledge, and everyday experience.
Why do people search for senses quotes?
Readers look for these quotes when writing about mindfulness, sensory experience, or simply wanting language to describe paying closer attention to the world.
Do these quotes connect the senses to knowledge?
Yes, one quote argues that extending our senses consequently extends our knowledge, tying perception directly to what we can learn.
Do any quotes apply the senses to everyday tasks?
Yes, one quote suggests treating all of a person's senses when cooking for them, turning a meal into a fuller sensory experience.
Is there a philosophical angle among these quotes?
Yes, one quote holds that nothing can be found in the intellect that wasn't first found in the senses, a classic empiricist idea about how understanding begins. See our Awareness quotes for related themes.

Other entries connect the senses to everyday acts, like cooking, and to how intellect itself grows from sensory experience. See also our Depth quotes.