"To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano."

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"The Peace of Wild ThingsWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild thingswho do not tax their lives with forethoughtof grief. I come into the presence of still water.And I feel above me the day-blind starswaiting with their light. For a timeI rest in the grace of the world, and am free."

Wendell Berry, American Poet

Nature, Peace, Despair, Reflection

"Steam rising underneath a canopy of whispering, changing aspens; starlight in the clear, dark night, and wondrous beauty in every direction. If only all could feel this way, to be so captured and enthralled with autumn."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Nature, Beauty, Awe, Calm

"Then the immortal heart of the woods will beat against ours and its subtle life will steal into our veins and make us its own forever, so that no matter where we go or how widely we wander we shall yet be drawn back to the forest to find our most enduring kinship."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Nature, Life, Connection, Peace

"The pale pink light of dawn sparkled on branch and leaf and stone. Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. Flowers and mushrooms alike wore coats of glass. Even the mud puddles had a bright brown sheen. Through the shimmering greenery, the black tents of his brothers were encased in a fine glaze of ice. So there is magic beyond the Wall after all."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Nature, Magic, Beauty, Environment

"Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?"

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Nature, Art

"Mountains in the distance remind me of you."

Dominic Riccitello, American Author

Nature, Memory, Emotion, Reflection

"In the times of trouble, be like the strong wall. In the times of joy, be like the smiling sun."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Nature, Strength, Joy, Emotion

"He lay listening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If only my heart were stone."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Nature, Silence, Emotion, Heart

"See the golden beach sands and blue skyin a cool breezemy mind flys high"

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Nature, Beach, Sands, Sky, Mind

"It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gambolling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters."

George Orwell, British Author

Nature, Danger, Fear, Wildlife, Behavior

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"Steam rising underneath a canopy of whispering, changing aspens; starlight in the clear, dark night, and wondrous beauty in every direction. If only all could feel this way, to be so captured and enthralled with autumn."

"Then the immortal heart of the woods will beat against ours and its subtle life will steal into our veins and make us its own forever, so that no matter where we go or how widely we wander we shall yet be drawn back to the forest to find our most enduring kinship."

"Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?"

"Mountains in the distance remind me of you."

"In the times of trouble, be like the strong wall. In the times of joy, be like the smiling sun."

"See the golden beach sands and blue skyin a cool breezemy mind flys high"

"It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gambolling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters."

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"Work alone will efface the footsteps of work."

"The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many."

"The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell."

"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring."

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"To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano."