Like all real treasures of the mind, perception can be split into infinitely small fractions without losing its quality. The weeds in a city lot convey the same lesson as the redwoods; the farmer may see in his cow-pasture what may not be vouchsafed to the scientist adventuring in the South Seas. Aldo Leopold
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had intercourse. Who is right? Paul Gauguin