- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature Quotes
Nature seen through curiosity, method, and connection.
Most of these quotes come from a scientific perspective, exploring how questioning and method shape what we understand as nature rather than treating it as something purely separate from us. For quotes that turn nature into short, shareable lines, see Captions.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle.
- Conclude
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I take the theory as we have it now, literally, I would conclude that extra dimensions really exist. They're part of nature. We don't really know how big they are yet, but we hope to explore that in various ways.
- Point
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String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.
- Course
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- Nov 07, 2020
The course of Nature is the art of God.
- Always
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My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
- Expression
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If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.
- Life
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Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.
- Looking
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Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.
- Character
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
- Quality
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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
- Human Nature
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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.
- Natural
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- Nov 07, 2020
Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020