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London has always provided the landscape for my imagination. It becomes a character - a living being - within each of my books.

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.

I got involved in Gateway National Park and just became fascinated with gardens.

I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary.

Gardening always has been an art, essentially.

A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones.

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden.

The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.

No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated.

Garden as though you will live forever.