“When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet.” Quote by Jacques Wirtz
“A garden is a result of an arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws; interwoven throughout are the artist's outlook on life, his past experiences, his affections, his attempts, his mistakes and his successes.” PastLawArtistNaturalResultsMistakeMaterialsGardenAffectionAestheticArrangementsOutlookPast ExperiencesOutlook On LifeNatural Materials Author:Roberto Burle Marx
“A garden scheme should have a backbone - a central idea beautifully phrased.” ShouldIdeasGardenShould HaveSchemesBackbone Author:Edwin Lutyens
“Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity.” CertainAttitudeAcceptingAcceptanceDemandGardenGardeningSerenityVegetationDynamismBotany Author:Gilles Clement
“What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.” MenWellsSaidMatterCoursesPaintingFlowerGarden Author:Claude Monet
“I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.” NeedsHeartForeverFlowerMy HeartGarden Author:Claude Monet
“The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.” LightMinutesGardenAtmosphere Author:Claude Monet
“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.” YearsChildrenLittlesHousePoorProudYears AgoGardenDenyEveningOrganizedFortyPursuedOrchard 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.” CultureYouthMy FamilyIrrelevantKorean 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.” MadeStillsUsedRedGardenBlueGreenAppearanceDoctrineUsed To BeOfficialsBrownChocolateSalonsImpressionismPeppermint Author:Claude Monet
“Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” YouthFlowerGardenUnhappyPainterGardeningFlower Garden Author:Claude Monet