“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
“Survival of the fittest led to "nature red in tooth and claw" and this is not sufficiently wishy-washy for modern scientists.” ScienceNatureNaturalModernSurvivalRedScientistTeethClawsSurvival Of The Fittest Author:Anthony Standen
“Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.” ArtSportsNatureModernExerciseMathematicsWesternMotivational SportsChemistryRitualBodybuildingArt And SciencePhysical ExerciseDefying Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that have a unique combination of talents that improve our health.” NatureModernTalentHealthThousandUniqueScientistSpeciesCombinationDozenFactoriesAncestorImprovingMushroomsIdentifyingMiniaturesPharmaceutical Author:Paul Stamets
“The modern airplane creates a new geographical dimension. A navigable ocean of air blankets the whole surface of the globe. There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one.” WorldWholeNatureAirModernTravelOceanSurfaceFlyingFlightPlanesDimensionsAviationAirplaneGlobesBlanketGreat AviationAir TravelAirplanes And FlyingWorld Is Small Author:Wendell Willkie
“A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various angles, such as the complexity and inter-connectedness of the nature of modern existence, then we will gradually notice a change in our outlook, so that when we say 'others' and when we think of others, we will no longer dismiss them as something that is irrelevant to us. We will no longer feel indifferent.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsLooksHelpingWisdomTodayNatureChangeExistenceAttitudeSituationWiseModernWise WordsWords Of WisdomVariousHelping OthersIndifferenceComplexityRelevantIndifferentAltruismAngleIrrelevantOutlookRelevanceNoticingCaring For OthersConnectednessInterconnectedInterconnectednessToday's WorldDismissal Author:Dalai Lama
“A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are records of enquiries into the nature of the universe.” ScienceUniverseNatureRecordsMysteryModernPagesPhysicsExperimentsMysteriousJournalTibetanEnquiry Author:Fritjof Capra