“Nature is a word, an allegory, a mold, an embossing, if you will.”

“Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.”

“Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.”

“I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination.”

“It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.”

“If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.”

“Nature is a temple, where the livingColumns sometimes breathe confusing speech;Man walks within these groves of symbols, eachOf which regards him as a kindred thing.”