Gretel Ehrlich Quotes about Nature

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.

Nature, Invites

Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

To rise above treeline is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into bird song, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves.

Gretel Ehrlich

Song, Nature, Orchids

Gretel Ehrlich (1992). “Islands, the universe, home”, Penguin Group USA

The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly; light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding.

Gretel Ehrlich

Art, Nature, Light

Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

There is nothing in nature that can't be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration.

Gretel Ehrlich

Nature, Taken, Mortality

Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

June marked the end of spring on California's central coast and the beginning of five months of dormancy that often erupted in fire. Mustard's yellow robes had long since turned red, then brown. Fog and sun mixed to create haze. The land had rusted. The mountains, once blue-hued with young oaks and blooming ceanosis, were tan and gray. I walked across the fallen blossoms of five yucca plants: only the bare poles of their stems remained to mark where their lights had shone the way.

Gretel Ehrlich

Nature, Spring, California

Gretel Ehrlich Quotes about Nature

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