In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. Robert G. Ingersoll
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. Paul Cézanne
Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. Robert Delaunay
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. Garrison Keillor
I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots. Karen Blixen