Misty Copeland Quotes

Sunsets are my escape into the reality I want to continuously live.

Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.

In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard that you will get shushed, in the friendliest way. I have found sanctuary in libraries my whole life, and there is sanctuary there now, from the war, from the storms of our families and our own minds. Libraries are like mountains or meadows or creeks: sacred space. So this afternoon, I'll walk to the library.

Come to the woods, for here is rest.

When I'm doing well, it's like I'm in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It's very peaceful.

For some people, a park is the only place in their entire world where they can see something beautiful.

There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the most at peace and where I'm reminded of the simple things in life and let the chaos of my crazy work life fade away.

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm, there's physicality.

It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast.

I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.

Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.

The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn.

We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion.

People ask me where I go to get away, and I say 'Home.'

Temple of Peace

They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid.

I would head to the countryside for peace and silence. That would be the best way, away from panicked, hysterical people.

I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality here.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

People are going to a place like Pugwash and that whole area to escape from industry, to have the serenity of the surroundings and the beauty.