#natur

When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#becomes #concepts #his #longer #lost

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. ↗

— Guillaume Apollinaire

#becomes #elements #justification #longer #nature

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. ↗

— Guillaume Apollinaire

#men #monotony #nature #poets #soon

Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to him, a gift crafted deliberately, compassionately, for him and Phil. Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought is, and their time in the doldrums, to an end. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#survival #beauty

Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#attention #criticism #down #feel #haven

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#armies #behave #being #chooses #dirty

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#delight #else #loss #nature #nothing

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#death #like #nature #secret

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. ↗

— Jane Austen

#day #fine #fine day #look #most

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. ↗