Hannah Mary Rothschild Quotes & Sayings

...ignorance is a curse lying in wait for the younger generation, for those who forgot to ask. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

Eating was an essential, sensual and communal activity requiring nothing more than taste buds and an open mind. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

There is nothing so desirable as the unobtainable. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

Food for her was as much about colour, smell and presentation as taste: the experience of eating should start in the eye and the nose and then erupt in the imagination. Chewing and tasting were the climax to a sensual experience. On — Hannah Mary Rothschild

Annie believed taste and aromas had the power to transport people from the present to other places. Sometimes this was a journey to a different mood, but it was also a form of time travel. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

...love is as much an art as painting or living; it requires practice, finesse, determination, humility, energy and delicacy. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

Art only survives by striking a chord in someone's heart and offering solace and reassurance. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

his refusal to be seduced by new ideas or faraway places, but walking through the tiny twisting streets of New Delhi, Annie understood that Desmond's world was limited by fear. He couldn't bear to step out of the known, the familiar. In Europe he could understand the rudiments of language, the coordinates of the culture, but elsewhere he was flummoxed. The same went, she began to understand, for his absolute reliance on order and routine. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

Nothing drives men crazier than the inability to possess. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

All that matters is that artists keep reminding mortals about what really matters: the wonder, the glory, the madness, the importance and the improbability of love. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

Food, she decided, was like performance rather than fine art: its power was in its transience and immediacy. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

As we all know, a fierce female mind is a passion-killer. Men prefer the breast to the brain. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

...the value of a work of art is set by desire: who wants to own it and how badly — Hannah Mary Rothschild