„These palms are driving me crazy; the motifs are extremely difficult to seize, to put on canvas; it’s so bushy everywhere, although delightful to the eye… I would like to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but cannot find them as I would like.“

— Claude Monet

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„I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world;But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me;For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.“
— Rumi
„I looked out at the ships and the sea beyond them, and I felt crazy to be free with a whole day ahead of me.Then I realized I would sleep most of the day, and my excitement disappeared.“
— Hunter S. Thompson
„I wish I were driving a blue 1952 Buickor a dark blue 1942 Buickor a blue 1932 Buickover a cliff of hell and into thesea.“
— Charles Bukowski
„I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and smiling faces.“
— Vladimir Nabokov