The place to observe nature is where you are.

It's the default premise in science: If you observe something in nature only once, you assume that what you've seen is typical. That's because…

— Seth Shostak

Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied upon provided…

— Peter Medawar

“Whenever I observe something in nature that I (or mankind) think is wrong, I assume that I’m wrong and try to figure out why…

— Ray Dalio

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

— Henri Rousseau

Study the behavior of animals and you will understand human psychology and sociology. Study a flower excited under sunlight, and you will understand how…

— Suzy Kassem

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

That man can interrogate as well as observe nature was a lesson slowly learned in his evolution.

— William Osler

“Observe Nature thoughtfully rather than labour thoughtlessly” from “One Straw Revolution”

— Anonymous

What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions…

— Werner Heisenberg

“We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. ”

— Werner Heisenberg

“what we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning’.77”

— Werner Heisenberg

Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult…

— John Burroughs

“There is a time and place for electromagnetic shielding and I regard it as a last resort due to the long term biological problems…

— Steven Magee

As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without…

— John Burroughs

“I notice when you’re gone. Or do I? How can I observe something that isn’t there?”

— Jarod Kintz