Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great. Edward Hopper on nature
There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions. Edward Hopper on nature
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. George Byron on nature
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. Jonathan Swift on nature
The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird. William Shatner on nature
Beauty is our weapon against nature by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature. Camille Paglia on nature
I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. Isabel Allende on nature
There's an easygoing nature that comes with a perspective of things that aren't as important as we make them sometimes. Marguerite Moreau on nature
Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left. Oliver Wendell Holmes on nature
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes on nature
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Lord Chesterfield on nature
Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. John Dewey on nature
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Antonio Gaudi on nature
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. Eleanora Duse on nature
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on nature
Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business. Dave Barry on nature
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful. Noam Chomsky on nature
I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid. Lady Gaga on nature
Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man. Nikita Khrushchev on nature
It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. Frank B. Kellogg on nature