# Vision

- Author: [David Marr](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr.md)
- Quotes: 5
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr/vision

## Quotes

> The abstract properties of this mapping are defined precisely, and its appropriateness and adequacy for the task at hand are demonstrated.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr/vision/the-abstract-properties.md)

> Vision is the process of discovering from images what is present in the world, and where it is.

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr/vision/vision-is-the.md)

> [If] we can experimentally isolate a process and show that it can still work well, then it cannot require complex interaction with other parts of vision and can therefore be understood relatively well on its own.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr/vision/if-we-can.md)

> Vision is a process that produces from images of the external world a description that is useful to the viewer and not cluttered with irrelevant information.

p. 31 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr/vision/vision-is-a-process.md)

> In order to understand bird flight, we have to understand aerodynamics; only then does the structure of feathers and the different shapes of bird's wings make sense.

p. 27 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-marr/vision/in-order-to-understand.md)