Simply Sunflower

Bring me then the plant that points to those bright Lucidites swirling up from the earth,

And life itself exhaling that central breath!
Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light.
~Eugenio Montale

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. ~Jean Paul Richter 

The gaudy leonine sunflower

Hangs black and barren on its stalk, 

And down the windy garden walk

The dead leaves scatter, hour by hour.

~Oscar Wilde

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

~Vincent van Gogh