"Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea."

~ Mikhail Lermontov

"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain."

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden."

~ Ruth Stout

Spring Blossom by Kevin Day

"Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. "

~ Quoted by Lewis Grizzard in Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

~ Edgar Degas