I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.

The Sanctuary at Two Rivers offers a much needed escape or retreat from the fast paced, modern lifestyle we have all become accustomed to, with its exquisite beauty, serenity, and raw nature. Costa Rica was the perfect place for developing such an important project.

My work is about the underbelly of the beauty of nature - and the dark side of nature is its indifference. Nature isn't friendly, nor is it unfriendly - it's the perfect embodiment of the Other.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

You can't just let nature run wild.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

Man is by nature a political animal.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.