أصحاب العبقرية، والأكثرُ قدرةً على الفن، هم دائمًا الأشدّ ولعًا بالطبيعة، لأنهم أكثر من يدرك أنّ الفنّ كلّه قائمٌ على محاكاة الطبيعة ودراستها.

“Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature.”Alexander Pope — The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Six Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Printed Verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton (1787)