Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it read more

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its read more

Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.