“There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.” – Charles Eastman

“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.” – Johannes Kepler

“The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.” – Ambrose Bierce

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.” – Evelyn Waugh

“Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.” – Marilyn French

“Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.” – Lincoln Steffens

“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.” – Buddha

“What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.” – Edward Hopper

“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.” – Thomas Tusser