A living, artistically created, idealized vision
of a tree, cultivated in a container.    - Will Heath -

Bonsai to me:  a little tree in a container that 
touches my soul.  If it speaks to my soul much
it is bonsai art.  It does not matter at all how it
does it as long as it does it.     - Walter Pall -

Bonsai is not the result:  that comes after.
Your enjoyment is what is important.

It must have philosophy, botany, artistry,
human quality behind it to be a bonsai.

The bonsai is not you working on the tree;  you have to have the tree work on you.

Killing trees is the tuition you pay for learning bonsai.    - John Naka -

Bonsai art is the display of a landscape -- without the landscape.     - Nobu Kajiwara -

Think: tree.     - Mr. Miyagi, from The Karate Kid

The worth of a bonsai is the sum of all the idiots who have worked on it.

When a bonsai stops growing, you know it's dead.     - Japanese Proverb -

Remember, if your tree died, ... you killed it.  They don't commit suicide.      - Hec DeBrabant -