There has been some great bonsai related quotes over the years. I thought it might be fun to build up a list of great quotes from here on AusBonsai and from other medium or 'real life'.
Here are some of my favourites;
aaron_tas wrote:Take your time, its the fastest way to achieve your goal.
Pup wrote:One of the most important tools of Bonsai is patience.
Pup wrote:Always look for the smallest tree within the tree.
FlyBri wrote:If a tree falls off my Bonsai bench, and I'm not home to hear it, does it make a sound?
A bonsai is a microcosm containing within it, unchanged in everything but size, the mystery of the universe. - Colin Lewis
Think: tree. - Mr. Miyagi, The Karate Kid
If you can't find the front, instead find the back and then rotate it 180 degrees. - John Naka
Killing trees is the tuition you pay for learning bonsai. - John Naka
Listen to the tree; it tells you where it wants to go! - John Naka
The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make the bonsai look like a tree. - John Naka
Bonsai to me: a little tree in a container that touches my soul. If it speaks to my soul much it is bonsai art. It does not matter at all how it does it as long as it does it. - Walter Pall
When a bonsai stops growing, you know it's dead. - Japanese Proverb
I have killed more trees than you will ever own... - William N. Valavanis
A pot in the hand is better than one dropped on your foot. - Anonymous
You spend more time with those $#@#% trees than you do with me. - Wife of Anonymous
My wife said I had to give up bonsai or she was going to leave me. God, am I going to miss her. - Unknown
Regards,
Steven