“Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.”– Andrew Marvell Related Quotes “An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.”– Henri Matisse “There’s a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it’s being staged then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience.”– Wole Soyinka “I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.”– Julius Caesar