The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance. Annie Dillard Beauty
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. Annie Dillard Beauty
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. Annie Dillard Birthday
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. Annie Dillard Environmental
Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death. Annie Dillard Alone
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. Annie Dillard Imagination