"... we might say that the earth..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci
... we might say that the earth has a spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil, its bones the arrangement and connection of the rocks of which the mountains are composed, its cartilage the tufa, and its blood the springs of water.
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“A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with as many other waves as there are uneven places in the object where the said wave is produced.”
“The merit of painting lies in the exactness of reproduction. Painting is a science and all sciences are based on mathematics. No human inquiry can be a science unless it pursues its path through mathematical exposition and demonstration.”
“Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.”
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“The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.”
“I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed, nothing between me and the white fire of the stars.”
“Do not pollute your beautiful, radiant Being nor the Earth with negativity. Do not give unhappiness in any form whatsoever a dwelling place inside you.”
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“The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow, Is carried away in a gust of wind.”
“Resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
“We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.”