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title: "6 Object Nature Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Object Nature quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Object Nature sayings and thoughts."
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> [A work of art is itself an object, first of all, and so manipulation is unavoidable: it's a prerequisite. But I needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/a-work-of-art-is-itself-an-object-first-of-all-and-so-manipulation-is/)

[Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/)

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> [Joy needs no object; it is our own nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/joy-needs-no-object-it-is-our-own-nature/)

[Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/)

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> [By the artist's seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/by-the-artist-s-seizing-any-one-object-from-nature-that-object-no/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Every object in nature is impressed with God's footsteps, and every day repeats the wonders of creation. There is not an object,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-guthrie/every-object-in-nature-is-impressed-with-god-s-footsteps-and-every/)

[Thomas Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-guthrie/)

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> [Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/close-scrutiny-of-an-object-in-nature-will-nearly-always-yield-some/)

[John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/)

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> [When I’m working with materials it’s not just the leaf or the stone, it’s the processes that are behind them that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/when-i-m-working-with-materials-it-s-not-just-the-leaf-or-the-stone/)

[Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/)

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