Monty Don Quotes

I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.

I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched.

Gloves make you so much more delicate.

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.

I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfortable. I felt more in touch with what was happening - I could actually feel the track.

In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.

I drape a lot. I cut. I have to touch. For me, it's almost impossible to start without that.

My struggle has been to return painting to the tangible object, which is like returning the personality to touching and feeling the world around it, to offset the tendency to vagueness and abstraction. To remind people of practical activity, to suggest the sense and not to escape from the senses.

I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain.

Human beings evolved opposable thumbs for a reason. The sense of reward you get from making something with your hands can't be earned any other way. It's obvious that people learn faster from 'hands-on' experience than they do watching someone else do something.

I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer.

I spent many hours in the batting cage. I remember many days when my hands were pretty cut up and bleeding.

No gloves cut a bit more, but that's not a problem if you don't fear blood.

I go to Amazon to browse for things I can then go find at the mall. It's like window shopping online. I want to touch the things that I buy. I am the kid who still likes actual books, bookstores, and libraries.

I always play barefoot. I can't play with shoes on.

Sometimes you'll have 30, 40 touches in the game, and you'll feel better than if you had 22. It depends on where you get hit and how you get hit.

I'm not particularly tactile.

One of the problems trying to play an instrument outside in the cold is your fingers give up on you and you can't wear gloves, even fingerless.

Having nasal surgery while you're an active boxer is like breast surgery, a lift right before you have kids. What's the point?

I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.

Handle your tools without mittens.

Smooth white skin invites something that will leave a trace, a kiss or a slap.

I think I find tactile things, you know. Just the feeling of blood itself is enough for me. If you, even if it's not real blood. I mean that's enough, like sometimes there are very simple things that are enough.