Richard Louv Quotes

“Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it. Nature offers healing for a child living in a destructive family or neighborhood.”

“Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.”

“In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.”

″...nature is reflected in our capacity for wonder. Nasci. To be born.”

“Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualization and the full use of the senses.”

“Parents, educators, other adults, institutions- the culture itself- may say one thing to children about nature’s gifts, but so many of our actions and messages- especially the ones we cannot hear ourselves deliver- are different. And children hear very well.”

“Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion.”