#nat

We mustn't be afraid of inventing anything...Everething there is in us exists in nature. After all, we're part of nature. If it resembles nature, that's fine. If it doesn't, what of it? When man wanted to invent something as useful as the human foot, he invented the wheel, which he used to transport himself and his burdens. The fact that the wheel doesn't have the slightest resemblance to the human foot is hardly a criticism of it. ↗

— Françoise Gilot

#invention #picasso #nature

I have been thinking ... that the social moulds civilization fits us into have no more relation to our actual shapes than the conventional shapes of the constellations have to the real star-patterns. I am called Mrs. Richard Phillotson, living a calm wedded life with my counterpart of that name. But I am not really Mrs. Richard Phillotson, but a woman tossed about, all alone, with aberrant passions, and unaccountable antipathies… ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#social-constraints #nature

There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, 'Go in and do this nasty job.' Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps. ↗

— James F. Amos

#comes #corps #flexibility #go #hardship

The eye of youth is very observant. Youth has its moments of keen intuition, even normal youth -- but the intuition of those who stand mi-way between the sexes is so ruthless, so poignant, so deadly, as to be in the nature of an added scourge... ↗

— Radclyffe Hall

#gay-teen #lesbian #lgbt #lgbtq #queer

When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#common #consciousness #ground #into #musician

It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#getting #i #ideas #imagination #just

I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#awareness #been #chronic #disease #education

I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.' ↗

— Michael P. Anderson

#fascinated #i #like #lost #science-fiction

Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#front #hours #least #mirror #natural

I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them. ↗