Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the read more

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where read more

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes. By the deep sea, and music in its roars; I love not man the less, but nature more.

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. read more

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.rn

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or read more

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.