A garden is a result of an arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws; interwoven throughout are the artist's outlook on life, his past experiences, his affections, his attempts, his mistakes and his successes. Roberto Burle Marx More Quotes by Roberto Burle Marx More Quotes From Roberto Burle Marx A garden is a complex of aesthetic and plastic intentions; and the plant is, to a landscape artist, not only a plant - rare, unusual, ordinary or doomed to disappearance - but it is also a color, a shape, a volume or an arabesque in itself. Roberto Burle Marx garden color artist I did a salad, but I didn't do a garden. Roberto Burle Marx salad garden I'm a plant eater. Roberto Burle Marx eater plant