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314 Gardens quotes by 241 unique authors

Like the enotmologist in search of colorful butterflies, my attention has chased in the gardens of the grey matter cells with delicate and elegant shapes,… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Eden, paradise - all the best gardens are imaginary. — Amy Waldman
Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks. — Ian Hamilton Finlay
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
Give me artificial flowers - porcelain and metal glories - neither fading nor decaying, forms unaging. Flowers of the splendid gardens of another place, where… — Constantine Peter Cavafy
People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens. — Dan Barker
Don't go outside your house to see flowers. My friend, don't bother with that excursion. Inside your body there are flowers. One flower has a… — Robert Bly
In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, we must in turn plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit… — N. R. Narayana Murthy
Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for… — Jamsetji Tata
This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning,… — Shirley Knight
The country where he lives is haunted by the ghost of an old forest. In the cleared fields where he gardens and pastures his horses… — Wendell Berry
There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor… — Amos Bronson Alcott
One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings. — D.E. Stevenson
I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen… — Delia Smith
Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up, the fruit of… — Pliny the Elder
As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as… — Robert Fortune
George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he… — Gary Wright
Inside each one of us is a beautiful flower garden. This is the garden of the soul. With each lesson we learn, the garden grows.… — Sri Chinmoy
Peace begins in the kitchens and pantries, gardens and backyards, where our food is grown and prepared. The energies of nature and the infinite universe… — Michio Kushi
Far more gardens fail because the gardener is absent or not paying attention than because he or she lacks erudition. Yes, you need to know… — Barbara Damrosch
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though I… — Richard Aldington
There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally… — Robert Fortune
All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad. In these sentences… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the autumn I gathered all my sorrows and buried them in my garden. And when April returned and spring came to wed the earth,… — Khalil Gibran
Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them. — George Mikes

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