"For the Japanese especially, gardens are an essential part of their cultural identity and their history can be measured out in them. In a land of earthquakes and s, gardens are often more durable — and more easily repaired — than buildings. That is not to say that they are easy for the Western visitor to understand or appreciate. Of all the countries I have visited, Japan remains the most enigmatic, drawing you just so close but no further. The cultural divide in the garden — as in almost all other walks of life — remain huge."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
(272 pages; with photographs by )
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Monty_Don
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Monty Don
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Monty Don →
Related Quotes
"From a small boy I had wanted only to be a and to work on the land. A hurdle-maker's life seemed to me to be ideal, y…"
"One of the things that has always moved me, and this has often been said by people who are grieving, is that the rhyt…"
"... Two years ago, I was filming in Madrid for my BBC series on Spanish gardens and was struck by the dogs garden] at…"
"Both in the theatre and on television, I have often drawn on Giorgio Gaber's clear and witty insights: from Il potere…"
"My solidarity goes out to Silvio Berlusconi.* When have you ever seen a journalist ask the head of government disresp…"
"But if Renzi did all this to Letta, who was his friend, what can he do to us Italians, who he doesn't even know?"
"By now, the whole of Italy is a GMO country: Genetically Mouldy Organism."
"[...] In this country, wherever you look, there's always a conflict of interest involving relatives, isn't there? If …"
"Regarding the Cirinnà bill, I said "civil unions", but in Italy, they're not called that because the law refers to th…"
"[...] Family Day defends the traditional family, the one that comes directly from the Holy Scriptures, [...] like the…"