Quotes About Flowers: Our Collection
Artists, writers, poets, painters, filmmakers… Flowers—divine and fleeting creations—have always inspired nature’s greatest admirers.
Because at Sessile, we believe wholeheartedly in the power of flowers, we've put together a collection of the most beautiful quotes about flowers for you.
Quotes About Flowers
In the world of the arts, flowers are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for writers, poets, and philosophers. Their fleeting beauty, their intoxicating fragrance, and their symbolism spark the imagination and give rise to the most beautiful thoughts.
There are flowers everywhere for those who care to see them. — Henri Matisse, French painter.
Kneel down only to pick a flower. – Jacques Prévert, French poet.
If life is but a journey, let us at least plant flowers along the way. – Montaigne, French philosopher and humanist.
Life is a flower, and love is its honey. – Victor Hugo, French writer.
A flower blooms for its own joy. — Oscar Wilde, English writer.
After women, flowers are the most divine creations. — Christian Dior, French fashion designer.
Flower of fame, flower of glory, flower that withers in an instant. — Herman Melville, American novelist.
It doesn't matter how old the flower is; what matters is the flower of youth. – Philippe Latger, French poet.
Many a flower reluctantly spreads its sweet fragrance, like a secret, in the deepest solitude. — Charles Baudelaire, French poet.
"The storm rejuvenates the flowers." — Charles Baudelaire, French poet.
Flowers are man's best friends. – John Ruskin, English writer and poet.
A child is to an adult as a flower is to a fruit. A flower does not guarantee a fruit. – Christian Bobin, French writer
The heart of Parisis a flower. A flowerof love so beautiful that we keep it in our hearts and love it for a lifetime. – Charles Trenet, French singer.
Spring flowers are winter’s dreams told in the morning at the angels’ table. – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet
What is sixty years, after all? It’s the prime of life, and you’re just entering the best years. — Molière, French playwright.
Thoughts are like flowers; those picked in the morning stay fresh the longest. – André Gide, French writer.
To see a world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in a wild flower. – William Blake, British painter and poet.
Pleasure, like a rare flower, requires the most ingenious care. — Honoré de Balzac, French writer.
Constant love is like the sunflower, which pays the same tribute to the sun as it sets in the evening as it did when it greeted the sun’s rising in the morning! – Gérard de Nerval, French writer.
Florists' shops never have roller shutters. No one tries to steal flowers. — Boris Vian, French writer.
I am like a poor flower locked away in a greenhouse, forced to live forever in an artificialenvironment. — Alexandre Dumas, French writer.
Normality is a paved road: it’s easy to walk on, but flowers don’t grow there. – Vincent Van Gogh, French painter.
Memories need to be watered just like potted flowers, and this watering requires regular contact with witnesses to the past—that is, friends. — Milan Kundera, French novelist.
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Quotes About Roses
Who hasn’t thought about reciting Ronsard’s verses at the sight of a stunningly beautiful rose? The queen of flowers has inspired some of the most beautiful reflections. The editorial team at Sessile.fr shares with you the most beautiful quotes about roses…
Live, if you’ll take my word for it; don’t put it off until tomorrow. Pick the roses of life today. – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet.
Thank you for the roses, and thank you for the thorns. — Jean d’Ormesson, French writer.
The nightingale sings on a different rose at every moment. — Saadi, Persian poet and storyteller.
If your heart is a rose, your mouth will speak fragrant words. – Russian proverb.
Life is a rose whose every petal is an illusion and every thorn a reality. – Alfred de Musset, French poet and playwright.
What you eat turns to rot; what you give becomes a rose. – Persian proverb.
Imagine how amazed a person would be if he saw the very first rose today! He wouldn’t know what extraordinary name to give it. — Jules Renard, French writer.
Quotes About Peonies
With her extravagant beauty, she has always been the subject of much discussion. Let’s explore together the most beautiful quotes about peonies…
Whetherwild or cultivated, classic or modern, the peony always retains an air of mystery. — Pierre-Yves Nedelec, French writer.
The abyss is lined with tall mansions. And History stands there, a sensible goddess, a statue frozen in the middle of the Place des Fêtes, receiving as tribute, once a year, dried bouquets of peonies, and, as a daily tip, bread for the birds. — Eric Vuillard, French writer.
A man is shaped by his experiences. It is futileto hope to see a peony grow in the desert. — Lao She, Chinese writer.
Why should the gods be immortal? How doesimmortality make something divine? Is the peony any less sublime because it will eventuallywither? – Amélie Nothomb, French novelist.
Book by book, I’m trying to create what’s called a “priest’s garden.” You know: a silent explosion of roses, peonies, and lilies—not to mention the essential wildflowers that so beautifully capture the fleeting light of day. — Christian Bobin, French writer.
Quotes About Lily of the Valley
Recognizable by its fresh scent and delicate, pure-white bells, lily of the valley—a flower considered a symbol of good luck—has also inspired some lovely quotes…
"May Day isn't much fun," said the lily of the valley, "I'm working my butt off, ten times harder than usual—what a miserable life. " — Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter.
The lily of the valley of my dreams is like the rose of my heart. It doesn’t bring me happiness, but what a marvel its scent is… – Decrea, French writer.
I came across the fingersedge, the commonbelladonna, the commonsilicaria, St. John’s wort, the perenniallily of the valley, and the graywillow :the gentle subjects of my first anthologies. — François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer.
There is no past. There is onlytoday, and within today— crowded and blazing, as if inside a lily-of-the-valleybell—are all the dead whom we have loved. — Christian Bobin, French writer.
Dance, and crown your alabaster brows with flowers: Combine white lily of the valley with bluish hyacinth, And may your soft steps, the lover’s delight, Glide lightly over the polished oak… – Alfred de Vigny, French poet.
Lily of the valley is the ivory-toothedsmile of early spring. — Paul-Victor Fournier, French writer.
Quotes About Anemones
Recognizable by its delicate beauty and vibrant colors, the anemone is an enigmatic flower that has inspired France’s greatest thinkers and poets…
The art of love? It is knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone. — Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher.
It is in March that the wild anemone, with its trembling petals, tries to bloom. — Alfred de Musset, French poet.
Hummingbirds flitted about the stems of the wildanemones. — Chateaubriand, French writer.
Florise looked as a beautiful anemone would look among marigolds. — Fénelon, French theologian and writer.
Quotes About Tulips
A flower beloved by all, the tulip captivates us with its feminine curves and boldly colored petals. Let’s explore together what it has inspired in writers around the world…
Just one glance at the tulips and I feel invigorated. — Christian Bobin, French writer.
The tulip wore a carmine-red dress; she did not want to betray the trust of the robins hopping about furtively. — Emily Dickinson, American poet.
Corneille took little interest in tulips and concerned himself almost exclusively with man—a wretched plant far less pleasant to look at and, above all, far more difficult to bring to bloom. — Alexandre Dumas, French writer.
It is a sweet thought that one day I will help tulips grow. — Gustave Flaubert, French writer.
"The tulip is the peacock of flowers. " — Fabrizio Caramagna, Italian writer.
Things are never just things. These, for example—tulips—fill the apartment with a cheerful, warm atmosphere. — Christian Bobin, French writer.
O rare flower, O flower of luxury and beauty, On your stem, ever upright and triumphant. – François Coppée, French poet.
Quotes About Carnations
Recognizable by their serrated petals and spicy scent, carnations rarely fail to inspire artists. Sessile.fr invites you to discover the most beautiful quotes about carnations…
And you, my master, O proud Ronsard, – Enthusiast of the sweet art, – Lover of Helen, – Who once filled us with wonder – At the roses and carnations – Of her breath! – Théodore de Banville, French poet.
Don’t ask a rosebush for carnations, or a peach tree for the taste of strawberries. Accept the moon with its hidden side. Look at the bad side of the apple you’re about to buy, and bite into the good side of the apple you’ve already bought. Who doesn’t know this? But who actually does it? – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss writer and philosopher.
When one carnation wilts, another is getting ready to bloom. And life is filled with its fragrance. — Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright.
"Papet, I'm leaving because I can't take it anymore. It's not because of the carnations—too bad if they die—it's because of my love. " – Marcel Pagnol, French writer.
In spring, lilacs, roses, and lily-of-the-valley; in summer, jasmine, carnations, and linden trees would fill the night in the great park where, alone, dreamers would sometimes escape the merry sounds. – Charles Cros, French poet and inventor.
I do not love you like a salt rose, nor like a topaz
Nor like a shower of carnations spreading fire:
I love you as one loves certain obscure things,
Secretly, between the shadow and the soul. – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet.
Who are we?
Sessile champions the independence of artisan florists online. Founded in 2019 by six friends, Sessile brings together 500 florists committed to transforming the industry and enables flower delivery throughout France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. By breaking away from the traditional online catalog model, the network highlights each florist’s expertise and helps keep the art of floristry alive. Florists can pursue their passion and create more creative bouquets because they have greater freedom to offer seasonal flowers and, whenever possible, locally sourced flowers.
