There is one Quality, which has somewhat so heavenly in it; that by so much the more we are possess'd of it, by so much the more we draw nearer to the Great Author of Nature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
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