"The scenery when it is truly seen..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last, with the universal.”

“As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground.”

“Of what significance are the things you can forget.”

“And nature must obey necessity.”

“In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.”

“But nature did not deem it her business to make the discovery of her laws easy for us.”

“A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.”

“You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you? . . . If it's by a good author, it's a good play, naturally. That stands to reason.”

“Experience is a question of instinct about life.”