“Nature is another important aspect of nourishing the soul. After a hike in the mountains where we live, for instance, I feel a remarkable sense of gratitude and awe. My mind quiets down and allows me to see more clearly the beauty of creation. And through that gratitude, the beauty of the universe is reflected back to the creator.” FeelsMindImportantSoulUniverseNatureCreationGratitudeMountainAspectDown AndCreatorInstanceAweRemarkable Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern, moves us aesthetically only in so far as it possesses a force over and beyond its aspect.” LongArtMovingForceNatureDealsEmotionModernPaintingHighestAspectAncientObjectivesAesthetic Author:Lawren Harris
“By the artist's seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far as to say that theartist creates the object in that very moment by emphasizing its significant, characteristic, and interesting aspects or, rather, by adding the higher values.” MomentsArtistValuesNatureInterestingObjectsHigherAspectSignificantCharacteristicsSeizing Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.” ChildrenArtFacesMotherArtistNatureAttitudeArt IsAspectFeaturesDarling Author:Beck
“The concept known as bal tashchit--'Do no destroy'--has a special significance in Jewish tradition...We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong...We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.” ShouldEarthNatureAnimalResponsibilityKnownSpecialCreationCreaturesElementsConceptsAspectTraditionDestructionSignificanceCapriciousJewish TraditionCreatures Of The Earth Author:David Geffen
“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.” HumansGivenSocialNaturePowerfulPrinciplesPowerHuman NatureProductsAspectRelationPsychologicalRemoveBarriersManipulationCoercionSocial Relations Author:Noam Chomsky