"A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations."
"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."
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Source: Russell Page (2010). “The Education of a Gardener”, p.45, Random House
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