Thomas Starr King Quote

Going close to a great mountain is like going close to a powerfully painted picture; you see only the roughnesses, the blotches of paint, the coarsely contrasted hues, which at the proper distance alone are grouped into grandeur and mellowed into beauty.

The White Hills: Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry, The Four Balleys (p. 6), Crosby & Ainsworth. 1866