Nick Cave Quotes

Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy.

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.

Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

'Keeper' is about fathers, ultimately. and also conservation, commitment and ambition.

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

The only thing I do for posterity is plant trees.

Environment is of supreme importance. It is greater than will power.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.

I am a conservationist. It is in my DNA.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God.

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.

Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it's a legacy. And the act of planting a tree is not that difficult.

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

I believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

We're getting closer to our nature.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.