In the religion of the Medes and Persians the cult of trees plays an important part, and with them, as with Assyrians, the symbol of eternal life was…

- Marie-Luise Gothein

To Nature the dweller in the Nile valley linked all that was dear to him: his happiest fetes, poetry, and love - all were bound up with the garden an…

- Marie-Luise Gothein

Rhythm, symmetry, and a happy combination of elegance and utility - a blend often desired in later days of hope and struggle - these have been fully …

- Marie-Luise Gothein

For we must bear in mind that the greater number of garden pictures known to us are taken from tombs.

- Marie-Luise Gothein

Indian monks were the first to choose the garden as the proper setting for their lives, which were devoted to the contemplation of the divine; but w…

- Marie-Luise Gothein

Right on to the New Period vineyard arbors were the centre and chief ornament of all gardens.

- Marie-Luise Gothein