#nature

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#despot #hater #human #human nature #into

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#creativity #into #introduce #nature #order

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#finish #her #him #man #mistake

Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#believe #bound #connection #control #deny

I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other option is death. Maybe that's what being a parent is supposed to feel like. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#human-nature #parenting #death

In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#creates #light #nature #picture

We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#believe #beyond #depending #dream #existence

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#always #been #exact #impression #intimate