Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the read more

And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the desert, running toward the Gulf, below sea level, to murmur its lullaby, and see the Imperial Valley rise out of burning sand with cotton blossoms, wheat, watermelons, roses, how should it know?

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition read more

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.

We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.

We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

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

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

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and read more

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.