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Not every new work is equally strong: “Dancing Pumpkin,” a deliriously speckled 16-foot yellow octopus, and “I Want to Fly to the Universe,” an aluminum sun with writhing red tentacles, are perfect; “Flower Obsession,” an installation that asks visitors to add stickers to a greenhouse, too gimmicky.

"I would expect no less. A true friend is more rare and precious than this perfect flower. Hearts and prayers gather around you all. Blessings," a woman added.

Some early models had a flower vase, typically mounted on the dashboard as the perfect flower child accessory.

“His roots go deeper than anybody could ever imagine to produce the perfect flower that was Ramón. He built more for the people of New York than Robert Moses ever did.”

Remember David Gergen, a three-time White House aide turned journalist turned pundit — “the perfect flower of the Insider species,” as New York Times journalist Michael Kelly called him in a 1993 profile?