What did Phyllis McGinley mean by: Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense. - Phyllis McGinley Poet Copy
+ It’s this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Nonsense, Sides, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday’s triumphant Cause. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Success, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Body, Heal, Peace, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ There is satisfaction in seeing one’s household prosper; in being both bountiful and provident. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Household, Satisfaction, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Aunt, Shy, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Christmas, Dimes, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Tomorrow will come and today will pass, / But the hearts of the young are brittle as glass. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Glasses, Heart, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ If childhood is still a state, it is now chiefly a state of confusion. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Childhood, Confusion, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator. - Michael Gungor Musician
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Gardening is an art form, but it has lost its sense of history. - William Howard Adams Historian · USA
And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation. - J. R. R. Tolkien
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
What is important is the future. After 40 years of creation, I continue. This is what I love. - Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Fashion designer · France
