Sylvie Guillem Quotes

Everybody deserves a chance to be in nature.

I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.

Green politics is not about being far left of far right, but being far sighted.

It truly seems to me that there is some kind of shift happening towards ecological awareness - not just in terms of PR for the science.

For all my life I have had a deep connection to the natural world.

The future will belong to the nature-smart-those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

I am a conservationist. It is in my DNA.

I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.

With Dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior, and we admired him more than anything.

My understanding of environmentalism, of the things that radicalize people, of the ethics and effectiveness of different kinds of social protest have definitely become more nuanced and more informed, but they aren't much clearer.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

The Mexican gray wolves are actually responsible for the spark of legendary environmentalists Aldo Leopold and Ernest Seton. In both cases, the men found their lives and souls forever changed after they killed Mexican gray wolves.

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.

Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.

I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.

Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.

Like the other great revolutions, an environmental revolution will require sacrifices and lead to enormous gains. It, too, will change the face of the land and human institutions, hierarchies, self-definitions, cultures. It will take centuries. If it happens. There is no guarantee, of course.

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.