---
title: "1 Surrey Quotes By Eleanor Perenyi"
description: "1 Surrey quotes by Eleanor Perenyi. Plus more from Eleanor Perenyi and more Surrey sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg"
---

> [Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the Seine valley, hers in Surrey - had resemblance's that may have sprung from this condition. Both loved plants that foamed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter-with-poor-eyesight-and-their/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg)

## More by Eleanor Perenyi

> [Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/sooner-or-later-every-gardener-must-face-the-fact-that-certain-things/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [A gift of flowers to a woman implies that she is as deliciously desirable as the blossoms themselves; but there may be another and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/a-gift-of-flowers-to-a-woman-implies-that-she-is-as-deliciously/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [A garden is a private world or it is nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/a-garden-is-a-private-world-or-it-is-nothing/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [I have spoken to plants myself, and if pressed for conclusions would have to say that those I threatened did better than those I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/i-have-spoken-to-plants-myself-and-if-pressed-for-conclusions-would/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [I love blue more than any other color. I am inordinately attracted to any blue substance: to minerals like turquoise and lapis lazuli, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/i-love-blue-more-than-any-other-color-i-am-inordinately-attracted-to/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/it-takes-a-while-to-grasp-that-not-all-failures-are-self-imposed-the/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [To see things in black and white is to see the basics, and I would recommend to any designer of gardens that he go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/to-see-things-in-black-and-white-is-to-see-the-basics-and-i-would/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [September is the time to begin again. In the country, when I could smell the wood-smoke in the forest, and the curtains could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/september-is-the-time-to-begin-again-in-the-country-when-i-could/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [“I ordered a modern purple martin house myself and proceeded to construct a dreadful object: unpainted, it looked like a cheap motel; painted blue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/i-ordered-a-modern-purple-martin-house-myself-and-proceeded-to/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to fly away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/or-perhaps-you-notice-a-congregation-of-ladybugs-on-a-rose-stalk-don/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [Americans resent the vagaries of weather to a degree unknown to other peoples. ... Weather is a force we have lost touch with. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/americans-resent-the-vagaries-of-weather-to-a-degree-unknown-to-other/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [ \[Petunias are\] as hopelessly impractical as a chiffon ball dress. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/petunias-are-as-hopelessly-impractical-as-a-chiffon-ball-dress/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the Seine valley, hers in Surrey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter-with-poor-eyesight-and-their/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

> [To garden is to let optimism get the better of judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/to-garden-is-to-let-optimism-get-the-better-of-judgment/)

[Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Surrey Quotes By Eleanor Perenyi",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the Seine valley, hers in Surrey - had resemblance's that may have sprung from this condition. Both loved plants that foamed and frothed over walls and pergolas, spread in tides beneath trees; both saw flowers in islands of colored light - an image the normal eye captures only by squinting.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Eleanor Perenyi"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter-with-poor-eyesight-and-their/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the…” — Eleanor Perenyi",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/",
            "name": "Surrey Quotes by Eleanor Perenyi",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Surrey quotes by Eleanor Perenyi. Plus more from Eleanor Perenyi and more Surrey sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Surrey",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Eleanor Perenyi",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/eleanor-perenyi/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```