Working with a farmer in Schwanenstadt in 1946, I saw how brown the earth was and how green the grass and decided to become a painter.  

― Friedensreich Hundertwasser   (1928-2000) 

If we do not honor our past, we lose our future. If we destroy our roots, we cannot grow.  

― Friedensreich Hundertwasser           

You are a guest of nature - behave.    ― Friedensreich Hundertwasser   

If one person dreams alone... It is only a dream. When many people dream together... It is the beginning of a new reality.  ― Friedensreich Hundertwasser 

A person should be buried only half a meter, or two feet, below the surface. Then a tree should be planted there. He should be buried in a coffin that decays so that when you plant a tree on top the tree will take something out of his substance and change it into tree-substance. When you visit the grave you don’t visit a dead man, you visit a living being who was just transformed into a tree. You say, “This is my grandfather, the tree is growing well, fantastic.” You can develop a beautiful forest that will be more beautiful than a normal forest because the trees will have their roots in graves. It will be a park, a place for pleasure, a place to live, even a place to hunt.
― Friedensreich Hundertwasser