I spend as much time as I can sketching from nature, Dartmoor contains such a rich variety of landscape, as many boulders,… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
I grew up in a haunting postindustrial landscape where prehistoric ferns grew among tens of railway tracks surmounted by brilliant arc lights… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
We regard the photograph, the picture on our wall, as the object itself (the man, landscape, and so on) depicted there. This… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Can we really conquer chaos so easily? If that were so, I should be able to prune the pandemonium of my own… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I love this book! Cathy Malkasian's Percy Gloom swirls with echoes of cartoon landscapes from the past and present. You can almost… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I think it's very sad that the political landscape is so dotted with religious extremists who feel the need to infringe upon… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In this business, if you take too long, the landscape changes. So the opportunities that were there when I decided to take… — Chris O'Donnell Copy Share Image
As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions -… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
My dad always said to me that he hoped there would be a wage, so that I could be a footballer as… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One of Still Lifes many achievements is its paradoxical mix of intensity and stillness. Alexander Longs visions of landscape, identity and "History… — Terrance Hayes Copy Share Image
The C+ amps is vintage at this point, and it definitely has a certain sound to it. I wanted something that was… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
If I had not grown up in Nigeria- and if all I knew of Africa were of popular images- I too would… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass---a blend… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
Everything does come from nature. That's where you get new ideas. Just draw the landscape. I felt doing it with a bit… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, the most physically imposing buildings on earth were temples, churches, and mosques. But in the 20th century, new… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
My muse can take the form of a landscape, an era, a style of writing, a piece of music, and, perhaps that… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The Bible is a precious storehouse, and the Magna Charta of a Christian. There he reads of his Heavenly Father's love, and… — John Berridge Copy Share Image
I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, 'Land of the Lost' was my favorite show, just because it was - in the landscape of… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Buffalo is one of America's great designed cities. The interweaving of great architecture, landscape architecture and important historic sites makes Buffalo a… — Richard Moe Copy Share Image
The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
The basic change in the landscape since my salad days started with the defensive rediscovery of history and politics by all the… — Paul Fry Copy Share Image
The natural world is the only one we have. To try to not see the natural world - to put on blinders… — Rick Bass Copy Share Image
The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased, and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
As a farmer, man himself became closely attached to the landscape, firmly rooted to the soil that supported him. At times the… — Charles Kellogg Copy Share Image
No one can improve on nature's landscapes. I feel I've hit the mark when I've captured a balance between mood, look, and… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
The Internet has transformed the landscape of children's social lives, moving cliques from lunchrooms and lockers to live chats and online bulletin… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you blab less, and breaks… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Intensely vivid characters, terrible crimes, and a brutal deep-frozen landscape all prove beyond a reasonable doubt that cold nurtures good and evil… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
So he [Sigmund Freud] called this "the uncanny" and he also referred to cities as well, like the idea of walking through… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
Everybody now has a camera, whether it is a professional instrument or just part of a phone. Landscape photography is a pastime… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image