For the Bible is the very breath of God, giving life eternal to those who seek him.

I hate when you play therapist. Especially with your accent. It makes everything you say sound so BBC.

I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.

Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Quotes by Ian Hamilton Finlay

Written By Ian Hamilton Finlay

Written By Ian Hamilton Finlay

Written By Ian Hamilton Finlay

Written By Ian Hamilton Finlay

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