Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. Ansel Adams
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. Langston Hughes
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. John Burroughs
Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. Annie Leibovitz
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Gustave Flaubert
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. Carl Sandburg
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. Hal Borland
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself. Edward Steichen
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. John Muir
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Jimmy Carter
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. Thomas Moore