Those things are better which are perfected by nature than those which are finished by art.  Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes Old nature is by nature rather talkative. Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes Nature abhors annihilation. Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. Leonardo da Vinci quotes No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms Marcus Aurelius quotes Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes. Kahlil Gibran quotes I am as free as nature first made man. John Dryden quotes Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. John Burroughs quotes One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare quotes Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. Jane Austen quotes | 
