"Of all books printed, probably not more than half are ever read. Many are embalmed in public libraries; many go into private quarters to fill spaces; many are glanced at and put away...scarcely opened..."
- Flora Haines Loughead
"I'm collector of stuff that people make with their brain. I keep them in little jars and I take them out and play with them sometimes too. The stuff, not the people."
- Frances Winkler
"Trees are the soul collectors come to life."
- Anthony T. Hincks
"I hate people who collect things and classify things and give them names and then forget all about them. That’s what people are always doing in art. They call a painter an impressionist or a cubist or..."
- John Fowles
"Kaohinani is a Hawaiian word meaning “gatherer of beautiful things."
- Rob Brezsny