21 Quotes by Ludwig Bemelmans

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.

America is a land of healthy appetites. It is not in the American character to live in order to eat. Rather, the reverse is true. Many try, but just as Americans don't make good gigolos, nether do they make good gourmets.

For gypsies do not like to stay - They only come to go away.

The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines In two straight lines they broke their bread And brushed their teeth and went to bed. They left the house at half past nine In two straight lines in rain or shine- The smallest one was Madeline.

Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good.

They smiled at the good, and frowned at the bad, and sometimes they were very sad.

The purpose of art is to console and amuse – myself, and, I hope, others.