“To create the creator most be in naked touch with experience. He must know his material in the raw, not canned in books or the experience of others.”
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“Like roundness, or silence, their quality is natural, but it is found so seldom in its absolute state that when we do so find it we are astonished.”
― The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
― The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
“The discrepancy between purpose and performance made me laugh aloud—a laugh that gave the same feeling of release as though I had been dancing for a long time.”
― The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
― The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
“A lot of people think that to make a garden, all you have to do is put a few seeds in the ground. These are the same people who think that conceiving a baby makes you a good parent.”
― Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, Too
― Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, Too
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