“Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.” – John Dewey

“Nothing leads to good that is not natural.” – Friedrich Schiller

“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.” – Ambrose Bierce

“Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.” – Archibald Alexander

“The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.” – Max Eastman

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

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

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