Artists, he says, rely on our proneness to visual illusions arising out of the fact that all perception involves unconscious inference, as when a two-dimensional retinal image is translated into a three-dimensional perception.
It was all about perception, and of course, when it came to all things financial, I was to have all of the answers, regardless of the subject matter.
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And as we all know, perception can be as important as reality.
This all ties back to perception and the fact that perception of a corrupt games media is enough to make this sort of hoax letter matter at all, whether or not actual corruption exists or is particularly widespread.
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Iordan Mateev, editor of Forbes Bulgaria, points out that the negative perception affects all wealthy individuals.
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To those watching closely there were frequent tell-tales of the huge talent, but that doesn't cut it in a world where headline perception is all.
Apple Inc. has in recent years seen the startling success of its revolutionary gadgets, yet according to BrandIndex data, it is the Apple brand itself which still has the best consumer perception of all brands under the Apple umbrella.
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What this seems to indicate is that it all boils down to public perception.
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It is not just that Mr Romney could be damaged by some perception that this is all a bit strange.
The investigators said all too often there was a perception that cover was just a "holding bay" until full GP operations resumed.
They had the summit in July then the perception was that they all went on holiday, leaving question marks over the markets which has now cost them dearly, she said.
So the perception among many, that all of this is moving so fast, is a bit of an illusion.
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How did all of these issues impact Israel's perception of the long-term prospects for its relations with Egypt?
Supply side economics, Reaganomics, Voodoo economics -- all these descriptions and mis-descriptions testified to the perception of what was proposed as something outlandish.
"One of the keys to this case, one of the keys to your perception ... is to wait until all the evidence is in, " Amendola told jurors.
The perception of the American position wasn't all deliberate.
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It may not be the case that they are made up of the back streets of our great industrial cities, but having said that they are not just all the landed gentry, which I think is the perception.
Good points, all, but again, are they enough to dislodge the perception that the safest phone is a Blackberry?
After all, it is surely in part a response to the perception of impending abandonment by the United States .
With respect to flexible work schedules, Viehbacher openly confirmed that there is still the ongoing perception that working from home is not working at all.
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Instead they are using all their connections in east Africa to try to shift "perception away from cash machines" and to try to persuade the pirates to do the "humanitarian thing and let them go", said Mr Gardner.
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On the contrary, in a culture where winning is all-important, his flaunted relationships with beautiful women and the general perception that he plays fast and loose with the law are factors in his favor.
People use perception as their reality even when it represents no real value at all.
Researchers found that genes relating to sensory perception, hearing and brain development showed "accelerated evolution" in all three, but particularly in humans and gorillas.
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"There's just this nasty perception out there" of jerky as loaded with salt, preservatives and all sorts of artificial ingredients, Mr. Ennis says.
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So I don't think it was a surprise that the family is appealing the case because it was always a perception that whoever loses in this case, the decision will ultimately go all the way to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Yet for all of his popular appeal and surface accessibility, Einstein also came to symbolize the perception that modern physics was something that ordinary laymen could not comprehend, "the province of priest-like experts, " in the words of Harvard professor Dudley Herschbach.
They make him conscious of his vulnerability, they sharpen his perception of his limits, they fill him with sudden insight into the futility of all things, of all people.
Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), all of which are more invested in other forms of online advertising, will suffer from the perception of search ads as the thriftiest form of marketing, says Sterling.
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