Compelling Quote by Ansel Adams

It is easier to feel than to realize, or in any way explain, Yosemite grandeur. The magnitudes of the rocks and trees and streams…

— John Muir

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I…

— Ansel Adams

We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl,…

— Erasmus Darwin

“Become desert, the great silty gobs Rise up in whirlwinds and subsist under miasma Of sediments aloft: dust-storms inherit The powerful cells of the…

— William Scott Home

[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has…

— Edward Forbes

The rocks have a history; gray and weatherworn, they are veterans of many battles; they have most of them marched in the ranks of…

— John Burroughs

“A rock is a good thing, too, you know. If the Isles of Earthsea were all made of diamond, we'd lead a hard life…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.

— John Burroughs

The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.

— John Wesley Powell

“One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a footprint in…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...

— George Ellery Hale

“For the love of rocks”

— Jenn Bennett