Close Ups

There is no forgiveness in nature. - Ugo Betti

The view only changes for the lead dog. - Norman O. Brown

The mountains are calling and I must go. - John Muir

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A unicorn is just a horse with a point of view. - Ron Sexsmith

The family is one of nature's masterpieces. - George Santayana

Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. - Henry David Thoreau

I always have an optimistic view, no matter what it is. - Stephen Curry

Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not do. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. - Isaac Newton

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. - Euclid

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. - Francis Bacon

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" - Robin Williams

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery. Drive fast and join the scenery. - Douglas Horton

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. - Sir Peter Ustinov

Ugliness is a point of view; an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist. - Austin O'Malley

Nature never makes any blunders. When she makes a fool she means it. - Archibald Alexander

A really well made buttonhole is the only link between art and nature. - Oscar Wilde

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? - Charles Baudelaire

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. - William James

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. - Marie Curie

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. - Voltaire

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures. - Henry Ward Beecher

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. - Eleanor Roosevelt

It is not human nature that we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. - Denis Diderot

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. - Jacques Lipchitz

A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view. - Robert Frost

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else. - Alan Ladd

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. - Hannah Arendt

Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. - Thomas Paine

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. - Richard P Feynman

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable. - Walt Disney

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again. - Alex Tan

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. - Plato

Happiness consists in activity: such is the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool. - John M. Good

A convention is a splendid place to study human nature. Man in a crowd is quite a different creature than man acting alone. - William Jennings Bryan

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional. - Hugo L Black

When you are called to a sick man, be sure you know what the matter is — if you do not know, nature can do a great deal better than you can guess. - Nicholas de Belleville

Advice from a tree:
- Stand tall and proud
- Go out on a limb
- Remember your roots
- Drink plenty of water
- Enjoy the view - Unknown