Bison Quote by Fernando Botero

“The pictures were designed to soothe without arousing interest – engravings of cows in ponds, deer in streams, dogs in lakes. Wet animals seem…

— John Steinbeck

I have discovered in a lifetime of traveling in primitive regions, a lifetime of seeing people living in the wilderness and using it, that…

— Sigurd F. Olson

We need another and a wiser and a perhaps more mystical concept of animals.

— Henry Beston

“With the man/animal boundary so deep a part of the Western psyche, it is little wonder that many resist its dismantling on both a…

— Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose…

— Black Elk

I think if we can capture the beauty of the natural world it tends to inspire people. People need to be inspired to get…

— Michaela Strachan

It is a sobering thought that animals could do without man, yet man would find it almost impossible to do without animals.

— Ruth Harrison

It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now,…

— Ben Shahn

“Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more…

— Larry Herzberg

“For the vast majority of our time on earth, our species did not buy its food or its clothing or its shelter or its…

— Matthew Fox

Men, however, shouldn't despair. They are excellent at identifying and imitating animal sounds, which would have been a significant advantage for the ancient hunter.…

— Barbara Pease

We need images and myths through which we can see who we are and what we might become.

— Christine Downing