Quotes from Desert, Marsh and Mountain — Wilfred Thesiger
1910–2003 England
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Now that the Arabs are among the economic masters of the world I fear that many will find unendurable the boredome of their wealth.
Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979)
To me it is always the people rather than the places that matter.
Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979)
I have led a hard life; this was my choice. It was also an inexpensive one: this was essential. I would not have had it otherwise, nor asked for more. Looking back, I would happily live these years again, in the context of the past.
Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979)
The desert Arabs had no tradition of civilisation behind them; no architectural inheritance - they lived in black tents, or in rooms devoid of furnishings in their villages and towns. They had no taste for refinements, demanded only the bare necessities of life. It was a life that produced much that was noble, little that was gracious and nothing that was artistic.
Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979)