Quotes about Nature
Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.
- Olivia Newton-John
Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.
- Charles Dickens
No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.
- Marcus Aurelius
Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.
- Heinrich Heine
Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature.
- Ellen Glasgow
Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.
- Henry David Thoreau
Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.
- John Milton
It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.
- Oscar Wilde
Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals.
- Samuel Johnson
What thou art, that thou art.
- Thomas a Kempis
An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.
- Wendell Berry
The habit of ignoring Nature is deeply implanted in our times. This attitude reminds me of people who never look you in the eye; I find them disturbing and always have to look away.
- Marc Chagall