Travel

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

– Often attributed to Marcel Proust

What does it mean?

Discovery is less about going to new places and more about learning to see things, even familiar things, in a new way.

Key vocabulary

voyage
a long journey, especially by sea

Who said it?

Marcel Proust: French novelist (1871–1922).

These exact words are widely credited to Marcel Proust, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.