Flowers Quotes

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Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.

Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.

Theodore Roethke

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Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.

Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.

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I hate flowers -- I paint them because they're cheaper than

I hate flowers -- I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, i

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written wo

Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.

Lydia Maria Child

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'Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; all her l

'Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone.

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Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth fl

Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.

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Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful;

Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.

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Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a P

Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.

Art Flowers Anxiety Creating Marcel Proust Wallpaper

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

Happiness Beauty Flowers Joy

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.

Gerard De Nerval

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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots i

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.

Henry David Thoreau

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Teach me, Father, how to goSoftly as the grasses grow;Hush m

Teach me, Father, how to goSoftly as the grasses grow;Hush my soul to meet the shockOf the wild world as a rock;But my spirit, propt with power,Make as simple as a flower.Let the dry heart fill its cup,Like a poppy looking up;Let life lightly wear her crown,Like a poppy looking down,When its heart is filled with dew,And its life begins anew.

Edwin Markham, A Prayer

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We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; yet the gras

We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; yet the grass is green when the flower fades away.

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The lotus flower is troubledAt the sun's resplendent light;W

The lotus flower is troubledAt the sun's resplendent light;With sunken head and sadlyShe dreamily waits for the night.

Heinrich Heine, Book of SongsLyr

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Roses fall, but the thorns remain.

Roses fall, but the thorns remain.

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Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions n

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

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Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

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The silence of a flower: a kind of silence which we continua

The silence of a flower: a kind of silence which we continually evade, of which we find only the shadow in dreams.

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