The fabric of a garden is determined as much by its textures as by its tonal range and architectural flair. John Burnside More Quotes by John Burnside More Quotes From John Burnside Sadly, bird illustration has always been an under-appreciated art. John Burnside been always bird art A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit. John Burnside forest time appreciation world What is essential - the one thing that could stop us being coarsened to other lives - is that we feel a great, living wave of animal life all around us, covering the earth. John Burnside feel great animal life Many of the birds Audubon painted are now extinct, and still we go on killing them, more or less casually, with our pesticides and wires and machinery. John Burnside birds more now go In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means. John Burnside live learning nature time Our ancestors went to the woods to find fuel; they set snares there for birds and gathered nuts and fungi. John Burnside ancestors birds find woods The only pleasure in redecorating or moving house comes from stumbling across books that I'd almost forgotten I owned. John Burnside only pleasure house moving With all the goodwill and local initiative in the world, we are not about to rewild anything until we change our way of thinking about our place in the creaturely world. John Burnside place change world thinking It is common knowledge now that we depend on insects for our continued existence; that, without key pollinators, the human population would collapse in less than a decade. John Burnside depend key insects knowledge It takes a true encounter to realise that real animals, wild animals, have all but passed from our lives. John Burnside animals wild true real With each passing decade, history becomes less real for us, less immediate and essential to our way of life, and so, like 'green' nature, more of a commodity or an advertising gimmick. John Burnside green nature life history
