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    Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist

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Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

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All argument will vanish before one touch of nature.

All argument will vanish before one touch of nature.

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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the read more

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

by Sir John Lubbock Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.

Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.

by Ian Mcharg Found in: Nature Quotes,
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What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

by Honore De Balzac Found in: Nature Quotes,
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In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

by Albert Camus Found in: Nature Quotes,
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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

by Dan Quayle Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes read more

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

by Galileo Galilei Found in: Nature Quotes,
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