Nature : (46)

" Nature is the fountain’s head, the source from whence all originality must spring. " - John Constable

" Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day. " - Richard Louv

" Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches. " - Jane Jacobs

" It’s easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids’ or the parents’ back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries and other community agents to find nature that’s accessible. " - Richard Louv

" I live in Northwest New Jersey in farm country. There’s deer everywhere when the dogs aren’t chasing them away, and I’m always outside. " - Jim Miller

" If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature. " - John Burroughs

" When you’re sitting in front of a screen, you’re not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way. " - Richard Louv

" The Amen of nature is always a flower. " - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

" I feel like I’m nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them. " - Bindi Irwin

" I did grow up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, around a lot of my mom’s family. I had a lot of cousins and aunts and uncles around me, and my sisters and my brother. Probably the most formative part of it was that we grew up on the edge of a forest. It wasn’t a big forest, but it was enough. When you’re a kid, it feels gigantic. " - Mark Ruffalo