Quote#Nature
There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish…
Quote byEdmonia Lewis · 1844–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On nature in “Edmonia Lewis (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
English (original)
There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities, if it were not for my passion for art.
— Edmonia Lewis
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