Leaf/morphology/venation

Famous quotes containing the words leaf and/or morphology:

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

“I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language.... To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.”
—Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)