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
"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- 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
"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
Acknowledgement: Quotations from Internet ~
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