Gretel Ehrlich citations

“Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.”

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“Autumn teaches us that fruition is also death; that ripeness is a form of decay. The willows, having stood for so long near water, begin to rust. Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.”

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Gretel Ehrlich

Source: The Solace of Open Spaces

“The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly; light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding.”

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Gretel Ehrlich

Source: The Solace of Open Spaces