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“Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity.”

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Gilles Clement, born in 1943, is a French writer whose works span various genres, including novels, poetry, and drama. Clement is known for his unique literary style and profound insights into social issues. more

“My garden is a slow work, pursued with love and I do not deny that I am proud of it. Forty years ago, when I established myself here, there was nothing but a farmhouse and a poor orchard...I bought the house and little by little I enlarged and organized it...I dug, planted weeded, myself; in the evenings the children watered.”

Years Children Littles House Poor Proud Years Ago Garden Deny Evening Organized Forty Pursued Orchard

Book:Monet at Giverny

Source: Monet at Giverny

“For women in my family, in Korean culture, women are really valued in their youth, and then when they get older, it's like they almost become irrelevant.”

Culture Youth My Family Irrelevant Korean

Author:Margaret Cho

“Pictures aren't made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red...But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.”

Made Stills Used Red Garden Blue Green Appearance Doctrine Used To Be Officials Brown Chocolate Salons Impressionism Peppermint

Author:Claude Monet

“Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

Youth Flower Garden Unhappy Painter Gardening Flower Garden

Author:Claude Monet

“What I need most of all is color, always, always.”

Needs Color Garden

Author:Claude Monet

“Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the work of a painter of light. An extension of the studio into the openair, with color tones lavishly spread out on all sides to exercise the eye with seductive vibrations, from which a feverishly aroused retina expects unquenchable joy.”

Light Eye Joy Sides Magic Color Exercise Garden Studios Spread Painter Tone Extensions Adaptation Vibrations Seductive Monet

Author:Georges Clemenceau

“When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.”

Men Love Problem Order Love Is Animal Garden Essence Dialogue Wedges

Author:Ernest Becker

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