Quotes About Nature

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

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 soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.

Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.

One of the things that seems absolutely clear to me about werewolves - with their canine makeup - is that they would be dogs, as it were.

I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their plight that resonates.

I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in the South; a candle for light from the West. It helps me keep perspective.

My favourite climb is St Kilda, west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. It's incredibly remote, with the highest sea cliffs in Britain.

I became interested in photography during my first visit to the United States. I was a student at a university in Holland. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the American West. That was when I learned about the tradition of nature in American photography.

Life here (in the Pacific Northwest, not in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland or the chain of buildings connecting them but in the rest of the place, out west and east from the north-south I-5 river) can sometimes feel like a half-dream, half-myth.

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth and sunlight and ripeness.

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.

I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.

I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really.

There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill.

Late afternoon on the West Coast ends with the sky doing all its brilliant stuff.

I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.

The west coast of Corsica on a boat in August is probably as beautiful as it gets.

I like Cornwall and particularly the Isle of Mull on the west coast of Scotland where I got married. It's absolutely beautiful.

To visit the West Coast, now and always, is to be overwhelmed by its beauty - the blue water and blue skies, the temperate air and the beaches and the looming mountains not so far away.

I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.

A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.

As those who have spent time in West Virginia know, this is truly a special place.