16 Quotes by Tasha Tudor

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.

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.

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.

Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error…

Daffodils are an optimistic flower, and foolproof. You know what Shakespeare said: "Daffodils,That come before the swallow dares, and takeThe winds of March with beauty."...I plant them in big clumps with a trusty shovel. I make several large holes all around and put quite a few in. That's why it makes such a spectacular look when they bloom.

Hummingbirds and flowers go together like summertime and fireflies; like rainbows and sunshine.

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.

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

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