John Updike Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009
Birthday: March 18
Death: January 27
Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.
source: John Updike (2012). “Assorted Prose”, p.207, Random House
topic: Flower, Giving, Natural, Artificial Flowers
