Quote by Gertrude Jekyll
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that canno

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight. – Gertrude Jekyll

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In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone. – Gertrude Jekyll

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Knowledge
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The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. – Gertrude Jekyll

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Happiness
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There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it without it the brain and the hand would be helpless. – Gertrude Jekyll

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respect
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There are two kinds of artists in this world those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration. – Anna Katharine Green

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If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think wed see the beauty then and stand staring in awe. – Conor Oberst

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Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive. – Nikos Kazantzakis

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Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. – Franz Kafka

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If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. – Thomas J. Watson

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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Find the human in the technology. The currency marketers trade in has not changed even if the methods have. Emotion is what we exchange. – Simon Mainwaring

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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. – Walter Benjamin

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