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"How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges, they have been with us from the very beginning."
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"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

"Custom is second nature."

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."

"There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature!"

"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"

"Tess was awake before dawn - at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute, save for one prophetic bird who sings with a clear-voiced conviction that he at least knows the correct time of day, the rest preserving silence as if equally convinced that he is mistaken."
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"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."


"But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things."


"And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident - I do this because they look at things in a broader, milder and more affectionate way than I do, and because they know life better, so that I can learn from them."


"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."


"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."


"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."


"When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars."


"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope."
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