Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.
Source: Vers Dor?s, in L'Artiste (Paris, 16 March 1845, under the title Pens?e Antique; repr. in Selected Writings, ed. and tr. by Geoffrey Wagner, 1958).
-- Gerard de Nerval, (May 22 1808-1855), French poet, translator, author; He was a major influence on symbolists, surrealists through his use of fantasy in works: Sylvie, 1853.