Forest Preserve District

Famous quotes containing the words forest, preserve and/or district:

    “The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    “We know it only too well: if we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.”
    —Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

    “Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)