Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations.

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.