Tom Hodgkinson Quotes About Flowers

• Beauty feeds us. Anarchy is beauty. We are against the grey people. We want to decorate, like those fantastic Indian lorries which are covered with flowers. Beauty must conquer the lust for order; order is ugliness.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Flower, Order, People

• One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when the principle was explained to me: that flowers are the attempt by the plant to reproduce itself. So if you cut the heads off before the flower turns into seeds, the plant will continue to flower.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Jobs, Flower, Cutting

  "The best things in life are..." by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2007.

• Pequeñas cosas como hacer ropa, hornear pan, cocinar, incluso cosas inútiles como observar pájaros, dibujar flores, tocar la guitarra en casa... ese tipo de tiempo ya no existe. ¿Y el tiempo que tenemos? Estamos tan agotados que queremos dejarnos absorber por el mundo de evasión de la televisión. Hablo por experiencia; no estoy por encima de todo esto.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Flower, Home, Guitar

  "How To Be Idle: An Interview with Tom Hodgkinson". Interview with Katie Renz, www.motherjones.com. June 8, 2005.

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