“Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.” – Vladimir Nabokov

“A good garden may have some weeds.” – Thomas Fuller

“Anything simple always interests me.” – David Hockney

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” – Philip Johnson

“Shadow owes its birth to light.” – John Gay

“In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.” – Alice Walker

“I owe much to mother. She had an expert’s understanding, but also approached art emotionally.” – David Rockefeller

“The temple of art is built in words.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland

“Earth is a flower and it’s pollinating.” – Neil Young

“I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.” – Roy Lichtenstein