“Mankind is divided into two classes: those who, being artificial, praise nature, and those who, being natural, praise art.” ArtTwoNaturalClassMankindPraiseDividedArtificialBeing Natural Book:Mortals and Others, Volume I: American Essays 1931-1935 Source: Mortals and Others, Volume I: American Essays 1931-1935
“In I Praise My Destroyer, Diane Ackerman demonstrates once again her love for the specific language that rises from the juncture of self and the natural world, and her skillful use of that language. Whether she turns her attention to the act of eating an apricot 'the color of shame and dawn,' or to 'the omnipotence of light,' or to grief when 'All the greens of summer have blown apart,' her linking of unique images, her energetic wit and whimsy, her compassionate investment in life, always bring new pleasures and perceptions to the reader.” WorldSelfUseLightTurnsLanguageNaturalPleasureGriefAttentionColorReaderPerceptionEatingSummerUniquePraiseShameInvestmentWitDawnCompassionateNatural WorldEnergeticSkillfulDestroyersOmnipotenceWhimsyJunctureApricots Author:Pattiann Rogers
“It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.” MenNaturalPleasureAbusePraiseDispositionNeighbourImpatienceSlander Author:Demosthenes