If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully read more

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through read more

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that read more

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.