We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.

O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow, Make the day seem to us less brief... Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst.

There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.

Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest until it unites with the sea.

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well.

Forests are the lungs of our land.