People from a planet without flowers would think we
must be mad
with joy the whole time to have such things about us ~ Iris Murdoch
Each flower is a soul opening out to nature ~ Gerald De Nerval
Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers ~ Claude Monet
The temple bell stops but I still hear
the sound coming out of the flowers ~ Basho
Where flowers bloom so does hope ~ Lady Bird Johnson
'Tis my faith that every flower
enjoys
the air it breathes! ~ William Wordsworth
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity ~ John Ruskin
Wildflowers don't care where they grow ~ Dolly Parton
... Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light ~ Eugenio Montale
Photo by Barb Tingler
2004
