“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

“How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!”

“I believe in God, only I spell it nature ”

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”

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

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience”