I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can read more

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

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

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the read more

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable read more

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is read more

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.