Kate Greenaway

“First, you have a garden, a lovely garden, with grass and trees and flowers.”

“It's all very well to have a lovely ideal, but you must be able to draw it.”

“Living in that beautiful garden, side by side with the flowers, is it not a beautiful life?”

“For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.”

“I hate the vulgarity of the present day, the slang, the noise, the want of reverence.”

“The world is so big and I am so small.”

“Five little sisters, walking in a row; Now, isn't that the prettiest sight you know?”

“Ring the bells, and bang the drums, and you wave the flags, and you shout.”

“What a difficult thing it is to be a woman. You can't be yourself, you have to be what is expected of you.”

“It is a great pity that the artists have not got a union. They ought to have... to protect themselves.”

“I want to do something that will be useful.”

“School is over, Oh, what fun! Lessons finished, Play begun.”