“I can pass days Stretch'd in the shade of those old cedar trees, Watching the sunshine like a blessing fall,-- The breeze like music wandering o'er the boughs, Each tree a natural harp,--each different leaf A different note, blent in one vast thanksgiving.” I CanDifferentFallNatureNaturalTreeBlessingNotesWanderSunshineShadeLeafsBreezeHarpsCedars Book:Poetical works complete Source: Poetical works complete
“It is cheering to note that [Martin] Luther (1524) did not see why schools should not be fun as well: "Now since the young must leap and jump, or have something to do, because they have a natural desire for it which should not be restrained (for it is not well to check them in everything) why should we not provide for them such schools, and lay before them such studies?” ShouldWellsSchoolYoungDesireFunNaturalEducationStudyLaysNotesChecksLeapCheerLuther Author:Martin Luther
“I take editing seriously. It's a joy to edit. I always hand a manuscript to several editors and can't wait to get back their notes and see what they've said. I don't criticize myself for making blunders here and there, because it's just natural. You write in chunks, and you may not remember that that sentence you wrote yesterday had the same word repeated three times. I do enjoy that. I love the feeling of repairing. Repairing is really nice.” WritingMaySaidFeelingsHandsRememberJoyThreeWaitingEnjoyNaturalNiceNotesSentencesYesterdayCriticizeGet BackEditorsEditingThree TimesHere And ThereEditsReally NiceManuscriptsBlundersChunksRepairing Author:Steve Martin
“Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. And you start talking yourself out of the bold melody and start wanting to arrange it in another key or something. Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.” WritingSometimesSoundNaturalTalkingKeysSingingDifficultyHarmonyNotesOddMelodyPerfectly Natural Author:Elvis Costello