Surveyors Quotes - Page 2

• And so when studying faces, we do indeed measure them, but as painters, not as surveyors.

  Marcel Proust

  Faces, Study, Appearance

  Marcel Proust (2000). “In Search of Lost Time, Volume II: Within a Budding Grove (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.621, Modern Library

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• Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at. This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves. The surveyor of woman in herself is male: the surveyed female. Thus she turns herself into an object - and most particularly an object of vision: a sight.

  John Berger

  Men, Sight, Vision

  "Ways of Seeing". Book by John Berger, 1972.

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• Some land surveyors delve into land development advocacy, working with local government on behalf of clients in order to facilitate progress on a project. Others stick to strictly surveying. The approach depends on the individual firm and the needs of the local area.

  Mark Mason

  Order, Land, Government

  "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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• When I got my commission, other land surveyors told me to ask for advice from my peers when I was struggling with something.

  Mark Mason

  Struggle, Land, Advice

  "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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