"The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill."

Nature, Soul, Artist, Water

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"The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill."

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"It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality."

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"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."

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"At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect."

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"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

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