Quotes about Nature

No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.

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.

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.

Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.

It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.

Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals.

What thou art, that thou art.

An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.

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.

Everything in ...nature, is descended out that which is eternal, and stands as a. ..visible outbirth of it, so when we know how to separate out the grossness, death, and darkness. ..from it, we find. ..it in its eternal state.

For as nothing can fall to the Earth, but because it has the Nature of the Earth in it; so it is a Truth of the utmost Certainty, that nothing can ascend towards Heaven, or have the least Power to unite with it, but that very Spirit which came down from Heaven, and has the Nature of Heaven in it.