Quotes About Nature

Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.

To work without pleasure or affection, to make a product that is not both useful and beautiful, is to dishonor God, nature, the thing that is made, and whomever it is made for.

The species and the genus are always the work of nature [i.e. specially created]; the variety mostly that of circumstance; the class and the order are the work of nature and art.

People are not born bastards. They have to work at it.

Come, heart, where hill is heaped upon hill: For there the mystical brotherhood Of sun and moon and hollow and wood And river and stream work out their will.

When you don't take into account the way ecological systems work, then you do damage.

I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and is always thrilling.

I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.

If the nature of the work is properly appreciated and applied, it will stand in the same relation to the higher faculties as food is to the physical body.

The finest productions of human art are immensely short of the meanest work of Nature. The nicest artist cannot make a feather or the leaf of a tree.

If you work outdoors be passive, go with the weather. This may mean two hours sheltering from a downpour, followed by a wonderful burst of sunlight and a rainbow.

I am aloof by nature. I mind my own business. I'm good with everyone, and I get along fine with people. But work is work, and friendship is friendship. I never mix the two.

Working outdoors or from life puts you in direct contact with the life force, not just the light and the landscape, but also the vitality of the world around you.

Nature is methodical, and doeth her work well. Time is never to be hurried.

In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.

Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.

The sculptor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.

Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.

Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity.

When bad things happen, it's the time when you get to work in the garden and sort out the pots from the weeds.

Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.

It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws