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 on nature
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 on nature
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 on nature
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Jimmy Carter on nature
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. Thomas Moore on nature
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. Anne Bronte on nature
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Anderson on nature
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty. Georgia O'Keeffe on nature
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. Jules Verne on nature
The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only. Joseph Wood Krutch on nature
For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours. Pam Brown on nature
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. Gerard De Nerval on nature
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. Samuel Taylor Coleridge on nature
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. Walter Scott on nature
Nature is wont to hide herself. Heraclitus on nature
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! Edward Abbey on nature