Chrysanthemums, roses, and God knows what else!

At the opening of my personal exhibition, my friends gave me a bouquet of flowers. It was made up of chrysanthemums, roses dyed purple, and elegant openwork blades of grass. The bouquet stood for a long time, I managed to paint it.
My daughter asked me: "Is it necessary to paint flowers? Cant you just admire it?" - "But we, artists, admire in this way!" - I replied.