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title: "2 Gum Quotes By Hans Heysen"
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> [Its, the gum tree, main appeal to me has been its combination of mightiness and delicacy - mighty in its strength of limb and delicate in the colouring of its covering. Then it has distinctive qualities; in fact I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-heysen/its-the-gum-tree-main-appeal-to-me-has-been-its-combination-of/)

Hans Heysen

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> [The design of the gum is expressed in the flow of it trunk and limbs, and the design of the European tree mainly in its foliage. In Europe great masses of foliage first attract the eye, here the limbs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-heysen/the-design-of-the-gum-is-expressed-in-the-flow-of-it-trunk-and-limbs/)

Hans Heysen

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## Other authors on Gum

## More by Hans Heysen

> [There is an infinity of landscape here, caused by the purity of the atmosphere. It has been said that there is a lack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-heysen/there-is-an-infinity-of-landscape-here-caused-by-the-purity-of-the/)

Hans Heysen

> [Its, the gum tree, main appeal to me has been its combination of mightiness and delicacy - mighty in its strength of limb and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-heysen/its-the-gum-tree-main-appeal-to-me-has-been-its-combination-of/)

Hans Heysen

> [The design of the gum is expressed in the flow of it trunk and limbs, and the design of the European tree mainly in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-heysen/the-design-of-the-gum-is-expressed-in-the-flow-of-it-trunk-and-limbs/)

Hans Heysen

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