Quote by: Rebecca Solnit

If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason -- its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it a necessity and a metaphor for life itself. To value gold over water is to value economy over ecology, that which can be locked up over that which connects all things.


Share this:  

Author Bio


  • NameRebecca Solnit
  • DescriptionAuthor and essayist from United States
  • BornJune 11, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionArt Historian; Journalist; Author
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship