“When experts explain the chemistry of spring in the woods it sounds complex. It is, but no man need know anything of it to see it work with his own eyes and to enjoy what he sees. All the preparation for leafing out may be only the effect of the lengthening daylight working on chemicals in tree, bush and moss, but that tells little of it. It is hard for man to be moved by a series of chemical equations. Whatever else is at work, there is also life, however a man define it, in full resurrection and abundance.”
— Eliot Porter (1901-1990), American photographer
