Gavin Pretor-Pinney Quotes

Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author, known for his books The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Wavewatcher's Companion.

Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He co-founded the magazine The Idler and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004. He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset. Wikipedia

✵ 1950

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Gavin Pretor-Pinney Quotes

“We pledge to fight 'blue-sky thinking wherever we find it. Life would be dull if we had to look up at cloudless monotony day after day.”

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Source: The Cloudspotter's Guide

“The humble Cumulus humilis - never hurt a soul.”

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Source: The Cloudspotter's Guide

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