# Quote — Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

> The finest act of seeing is necessarily always the act of not seeing something else.

- Author: [Mark Z. Danielewski](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski.md)
- Book: [House of Leaves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves.md)
- Page: 422
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves#The_Navidson_Record) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves/the-finest-act

## More from this book

> German: "Must it be?"

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves/german-must-it-be.md)

> French: "The game is set. We are fucked."

p. 38 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves/french-the-game.md)

> "Through all the windows I only see infinity."

p. 646 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves/through-all-the.md)