Carl Linnaeus

I have explored the whole world of nature.

The knowledge of plants is a science, but the love of plants is an art.

The system of nature is a great chain of being.

I have done more for the advancement of natural history than anyone else.

The distinctions of sex are evident in plants, as in animals.

The flower's leaves...serve as bridal beds which the Creator has so gloriously prepared, adorned with such noble bed curtains, and perfumed with so many sweet scents to induce the young bridegroom to perform his nuptials with his beloved bride.

The calyx is the marriage bed, the corolla the bed-curtains, the filaments the spermatic vessels, the anthers the testes, the pollen the semen, the pistil the vagina, the ovary the uterus, the ovules the ova, the pericarp the womb, and the seeds the offspring.

It is not the business of a botanist to know all the plants, but to know how to find out what they are.

The natural system is the highest goal of botany.

The Creator's hand is visible in every part of creation.

I have been called a second Adam.

The more I study plants, the more I believe in God.

Whoever wishes to be a good botanist must be a good observer.

I have classified all plants and animals.

The method is the soul of science.

Man is the masterpiece of creation.

The natural system will always remain the greatest goal for botanists.

I have established a new era in natural history.

I have created order out of chaos.

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.