Belly Quote by Ludwig Bemelmans

To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France,…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good

— Ludwig Bemelmans

I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.

— Ludwig Bemelmans

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

For gypsies do not like to stay - They only come to go away.

— Ludwig Bemelmans

Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.

— Ludwig Bemelmans

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines In two straight lines they…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.

— Ludwig Bemelmans

It's always wonderful when something altogether wrong ends right, without the help of either religion or the police.

— Ludwig Bemelmans

America is a land of healthy appetites. It is not in the American character to live in order to eat. Rather, the reverse is…

— Ludwig Bemelmans