"There are few gardens that can be left alone. A few years of neglect and only the skeleton of a garden can be traced. . . . Japanese artists working with a few stones and sand four hundred years ago achieved strangely lasting compositions. However there, too, but for the hands that have piously raked the white sand into patterns and controlled the spread of moss and lichens, little would remain."

-- Russell Page

#Garden Quotes #Artist Quotes #Skeletons Quotes

“No efforts of mine could avail to make the book easy reading.”

Source : "The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection". Book by Ronald Fisher, 1930.
“I told my wife when I was rolling up, I felt like the president.”
“So, you've got a problem? That's good! Why? Because repeated victories over your problems are the rungs on your ladder of success. With each victory, you grow in wisdom, stature and experience. You become a better, bigger, more successful person each time you meet a problem and tackle and conquer it with a positive mental attitude.”
“While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as it is sensual, and it requires a lifetime to appreciate it.”
“Knowing what thought process goes into constructing a line helps an actor know how to deliver that line because you understand the intention behind the writing.”
“When an introvert cares about someone, she also wants contact, not so much to keep up with the events of the other person's life, but to keep up with what's inside: the evolution of ideas, values, thoughts, and feelings.”
“I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.”
“I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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