"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest."
"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises."
Pedro Calderon de la Barca on Nature"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
Anais Nin on Nature"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
Albert Einstein on Nature"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."
e. e. cummings on Nature"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."
Abraham Lincoln on Nature"When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory."
"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
"The doer alone learneth."
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."
"We have art in order not to die of the truth."