Russell Page Inspirational Quotes (7)

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart. A good garden cannot be made by somebody who has not developed the capacity to know and love growing things.

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise.

Limitations imply possibilities. A problem is a challenge.

My pre-occupation is with the relationship between objects, whether I am dealing with woods, fields or water, rocks or trees, shrubs and plants, or groups of plants.

Garden making, like gardening itself, concerns the relationship of the human being to his natural surroundings.

Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.