We have only to speak

of an object to think that we are being objective

But because we chose it in the first place, the object reveals more about us than we do about it.

Gaston Bachelard

What we consider to be our fundamental ideas concerning the world are often indications of the immaturity of our minds.

Sometimes we stand in wonder before a chosen object; we build up hypotheses and reveries; in this way we form convictions which have all the appearance of true knowledge. But the initial course is impure: the first impression is not a fundamental truth.