15 Art Works of Nature in the Garden

                 15 Art Works of Nature in the Garden

Living with Nature Center (San Vicente Botanical Garden)

Photographs by Dr Abe V Rotor

"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." 

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Leaf venation of croton (Codiaeum variegatum)

"Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art." - Philip James Bailey

 Angel Wings (Caladium bicolor)

"...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?" - Vincent Van Gogh

Sander's Alocasia (Alocasia Sanderiana)

"Art is never finished, only abandoned." ― Leonardo da Vinci

 San Francisco (Codiaeum sp)

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature." - Paul Cezanne

Snake Plant (Sanseviera zeylanica)

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you."
- Frank Lloyd Wright

Variegated Pandan? (Pandanus sp)

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." - Paul Cezanne

Anthurium (Anthurium scherzerianum, also A. andraeanum)

"Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... 

it also includes the inner pictures of the soul." - Edvard Munch

Ornamental Pineapple (Ananas sp)

"Great art picks up where nature ends." - Marc Chagall

Sampaguita or Jasmine (Jasminium sambac)

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle

"Butterfly" plant

 “Flowers are the music of the ground from earth’s lips spoken without sound.” —Edwin Curran

Angel's trumpet

 

In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.” —Truman Capote

Balibago - white in the morning, turns pink, then it dries up

"The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided." —Thomas Moore

Brightly colored false petals of bromeliad

“Watching something grow is good for morale. It helps us believe in life.” —Myron Kaufmann

Hibiscus

“Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.” —Sigmund Freud

Acknowledgement: Quotations from Internet ~