A novel can grant humanity even to those who act inhumanely, and by making men and women of monsters, it can offer not only a ground-level view of a particular conflict, but a descent into the substratum of human nature capable of the incomprehensible. Anthony Marra actcapableconflict share on social
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. Aleister Crowley bogeydrinkfact Change image and share on social
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. Albert Einstein domainexactfactor Change image and share on social
I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels, because I think it is terribly important to give an audience a lot of things they might not get as well as those they will, so that finally the film does take on a texture and is not just simplistic communication. Alan J. Pakula audiencecommunicationfilm share on social
Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. Luigi Pirandello creationhighhuman Change image and share on social
Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim. Eduardo Galeano calldisasterexecutioner Change image and share on social
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. Edward Hopper aimexactimpression Change image and share on social
For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces. Bridget Riley dynamismforcelandscape Change image and share on social
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it. Nathaniel Hawthorne alikechieflyendure share on social
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else. Hal Boyle doubtmakepeople Change image and share on social