Ron Finley quotes

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If they live with criticism, they learn to condemn. (Ron Finley)
I am an artist. Gardening is my graffiti. A graffiti artist beautifies walls; I beautify parkways and yards. I treat the garden as a piece of cloth and the plants and the trees are the embellishment of that cloth. You'd be surprised what soil can do if you let it be your canvas. View quote
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Children learn what they live. View quote
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We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple. View quote
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People need to realize how powerful the transformation of soil can be. View quote
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I refuse to be a part of this reality that was manufactured by other people; I manufactured my own reality. View quote
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Growing your own food is like printing your own money. View quote
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Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city, you get strawberries. View quote
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People in my neighborhood are so disconnected from the fresh food supply that kids don't know an eggplant from a sweet potato. We have to show them how to get grounded in the truest sense of the word. View quote
Ron Finley

Ron Finley

Occupation: American Designer
Quotes count: 9
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