Thomas Cole Quotes

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down.

And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.

Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.

Just as the setting sun turned the clouds to liquid gold.

I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold.

A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.

There is nothing more musical than a sunset.

Sometimes from this hillside just after sunset The rim of the sky takes on a tinge Of the palest green, like the flesh of a cucumber When you peel it carefully.

Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam Like islands on a dark blue sea.

When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast.

Beautiful things like nature inspire me. Sunrise is my favorite time of the day. A sky full of stars can be very inspiring. Quiet moments where you're alone with yourself and the beauty, nature, and majesty that God has created. That is pretty inspiring.

I love the clouds... the clouds that pass by... over there... over there... those lovely clouds!

There once was a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water; they wondered at the goodness and the power of God who made the lovely world.

He simply felt that if he could carry away the vision of the spot of earth she walked on, and the way the sky and sea enclosed it, the rest of the world might seem less empty.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows That for oblivion take their daily birth From all the fuming vanities of earth.

Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.

Back of my forehead I feel tonight A whole sky full of stars. Under a western moon. Life is indeed lovely!

See the gold sunshine patching, And streaming and streaking across The gray-green oaks; and catching, By its soft brown beard, the moss.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, / The bridal of the earth and sky.

The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction.

The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.

This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit. To see the sun sink down, drowned in his pink and purple and golden floods, and overwhelm Florence with tides of color that make all the sharp lines dim and faint and turn the solid city to a city of dreams, is a sight to stir the coldest nature, and make a sympathetic one drunk with ecstasy.

The earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing.