Quotes by Tree The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky. Antoine de Saint-Exupery winningskytree Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed. Antoine de Saint-Exupery maytoo-latetree He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound. Antoine de Saint-Exupery soundtreefall You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight that strengthened it. Antoine de Saint-Exupery drunktreewater Life on earth is inconceivable without trees. Anton Chekhov earthforeststree Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another. Anton Chekhov treewindthinking Behold the crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree. Anton Szandor LaVey hanging-ondoetree I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and boulders. Art Spiegelman bouldersnaturaltree The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world. Arthur Golden swanstreebeautiful A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence. Arthur Golden treebeautifullooks The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. Arthur Miller stuckapplestree It takes place, by and large, with the same sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no more than a soil on which the individual can flourish. Arthur Schopenhauer demandtreeworld The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed. Arthur Schopenhauer treepigslife I'm sort of a reverse Method actor. In my personal life, I become my characters. After 'One Tree Hill', I started dressing in Converse and ripped jeans and hoodies. On 'Awkward', it manifests in how I speak. Ashley Rickards jeanstreecharacter Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry. Ashley Rickards realizingwritingtree Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs. Audre Lorde feettreebird I have no creative use for guilt, yours or my own. Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action, of buying time out of the pressing need to make clear choices, out of the approaching storm that can feed the earth as well as bend the trees. Audre Lorde choicescreativetree The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree. Audrey Hepburn moontreemen Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools. Auguste Rodin cloudstreeschool If I were a serial killer, I would not be the kind that stabs and then eats the victim. I would be the kind that hides in a tree and shoots at the aerobics class. Augusten Burroughs serial-killerclasstree«345678910111213»
