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Total quotes: 4

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Thomas Cole

Birthname

AKA: Thomas Cole

Birthday: February 1, 1801

Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, England

Death: February 11, 1848

Nationality: English, American, United States Of America, United Kingdom

Occupations: Painter

Total quotes: 4

“Nature has spread for us a rich and delightful banquet. Shall we turn from it? We are still in Eden; the wall that shuts us out of the garden is our own ignorance and folly.”

— Thomas Cole, On American Scenery

Tagged: Conservatism, Nature, Against Urbanization

“It would seem unnecessary to those who can see and feel, for me to expatiate on the loveliness of verdant fields, the sublimity of lofty mountains, or the varied magnificence of the sky; but that the number of those who seek enjoyment in such sources is comparatively small.”

— Thomas Cole, On American Scenery

Tagged: Nature, Nature Lovers, Beauty of the World, Naturally Sublime

“The waterfall may be called the voice of the landscape, for, unlike the rocks and woods which utter sounds as the passive instruments played on by the elements, the waterfall strikes its own chords, and rocks and mountains re-echo in rich unison.”

— Thomas Cole, On American Scenery

Tagged: Naturally Sublime, Waterfalls, Sounds of Nature

“Whatever expression the sky takes, the features of the landscape are affected in unison, whether it be the serenity of the summer's blue, or the dark tumult of the storm. It is the sky that makes the earth so lovely at sunrise, and so splendid at sunset. In the one it breathes over the earth the crystal-like ether, in the other liquid gold.”

— Thomas Cole, On American Scenery

Tagged: Nature, Sky, Earth, natural beauty

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