“To try to save for everyone, for the hostile and independent as well as the committed, some of the health that flows down across the green ridges from the skyline, and some of the beauty and spirit that are still available to any resident of the valley who has a moment and the wit to lift up his eyes unto the hills.” TryingWellsStillsMomentsEyeSpiritFlowIndependentGreenCommittedAvailableWitHillsLiftsHis EyesValleysHostileResidentsRidgesSkylines Author:Wallace Stegner
“If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees that moves you--if, being a figure painter, it is love of human beauty, and human soul that moves you--if, being a flower or animal painter, it is love, and wonder, and delight in petal and in limb that move you, then the Spirit is upon you, and the earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.” IfsHumansSoulEarthMovingSpiritAnimalWonderTreeFiguresPaintingFlowerDelightPainterHillsLandscapeLimbsFullnessHuman SoulPetalsFigure Painting Book:Works Source: Works
“Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.” PeopleSoulBodySpiritNationsHillsPatrioticTerritoryValleysPatriotAmerican PatrioticGreat PatrioticNew TerritoryHills And ValleysUnfamiliar Territory Book:The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2 Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2
“Anybody who is born in Santa Rosa must turn out to be either an artist or a poet, for the spirit of the hills gets into your blood out there.” SpiritArtistTurnsBornBloodPoetHillsSantaRosa Author:Robert Ripley
“O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth, Leaving on craggy hills and running streams A softness like the atmosphere of dreams.” DreamRunningEarthSpiritHeavenBirthLeavingHillsAtmosphereStreamsTwilightMeltingEnchantmentSoftness Book:The Dream: And Other Poems Source: The Dream: And Other Poems
“There is no greater symbol of the artistic spirit of Scotland than the Mackintosh building. But more than that it is a symbol of where art belongs, rising as it does out of the heart of a great city. A mighty castle on a hill, it is a part of me, and of all Glaswegians.” HeartDoeArtSpiritCitiesGreaterBuildingArt IsSymbolsArtisticHillsRisingScotlandCastlesGreat Cities Author:Peter Capaldi