Three Flower Quotes

Writers, scholars, artists, and musicians make constant reference to flowers in their work. Their quotes can be sincere, inspirational, thought provoking or even funny. When I come across a quote I often think ‘this is my favourite’, but then I’ll come across another one and think ‘this is my favourite’. So what I have now is quite a large collection of my favourite quotes about flowers. I’m going to share three of them with you here.

The first is from Claude Monet, the founder of French impressionistic painting. The second is from Sigmund Freud, the Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. And the third is from Alexander Den Heijer, a Dutch inspirational speaker, trainer and consultant. Very different people, all including flowers in their quote, and each one making me pause and think.

The quotes:

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” Claude Monet

“Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.” Sigmund Freud

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” Alexander Den Heijer