„If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it, the beauty forsakes all the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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„If her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her, she would infect to the north star!“
— William Shakespeare
„"The water in music the oar forsakes." The air in music the wing forsakes. All things move in music and write it. The mouse, lizard, and grasshopper sing together on the Turlock sands, sing with the morning stars.“
— John Muir
„No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening — still all is Beauty!“
— John Muir
„I have loved the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remembered.“
— John Keats