Tasha Tudor Quotes

#1. Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!

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#2. I loved The Wind in the Willows ... Walt Disney should be sued for cheapening it as he did. Imagine it, Mickey Mousing all those nice characters. I'm surprised he didn't do it with the New Testament.

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#3. You should see my corgis at sunset in the snow. It's their finest hour. About five o'clock they glow like copper. Then they come in and lie in front of the fire like a string of sausages.

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#4. Nowadays, people are so jeezled up. If they took some chamomile tea and spent more time rocking on the porch in the evening listening to the liquid song of the hermit thrush, they might enjoy life more.

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#5. It's exciting to see things coming up again, plants that you've had twenty or thirty years. It's like seeing an old friend.

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#6. There is no peace that cannot be found in the present moment.

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#7. I don't make proper flower arrangements; mine just grow, like the garden.

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#8. Have you ever studied a snake's face? - how optimistic they look. They have an eternal smile.

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#9. There is no other dog that can compare to a Corgi. They're the epitome of beauty.

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#10. Corgis are enchanted. You need only to see them in the moonlight to know this.

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#11. When I'm working in the barn or house I often think of all the errors I've made in my life. But then I quickly put that behind me and think of water lilies. They will always eradicate unpleasant thoughts. Or goslings are equally comforting in their own way.

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#12. What really got me thinking about illustrating children's books was I discovered Hugh Thompson's illustrations for The Vicar of Wakefield in my mother's library and I looked at it and said, 'That's what I'm going to do.

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