Certain Quote by Ian Hamilton Finlay Download Open image “Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks.” — Ian Hamilton Finlay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certain Garden Gardening Inspirational Retreat Solitude
I have learnt that gardens are like happiness: you cannot pursue them as an absolute thing or moment. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
That's exactly why nature always trumps gardens. Gardens are just reality pruned of chaos. What doesn't work you rip out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gardens always mean something else, man absolutely uses one thing to say another. — Robert Harbison Copy Share Image
“Gardens by their very nature are fragile beings that live in the two dimensions of time and care.” — Joe Eck Copy Share Image
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as ignoble as it is foolish. above all else remember that we as attackers have… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
“Although harmony with nature is of considerable importance in planning a garden, it must never be allowed to obscure what lies at the heart… — Tash Aw Copy Share Image
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera. — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural. — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes. — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea,… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right. — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Why do we love certain homes, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in… — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Copy Share Image
Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We've all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a point where that talent will only take you… — Warren Gatland Copy Share Image
