Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of read more

Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no read more

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one read more

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman.

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.

Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.