This is Brett’s The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) half sleeve.
I just love the book and always wanted to do a half sleeve. I tried to incorporate as much of the story as possible.
Le Petit Prince
on ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur
This tattoo belongs to Monique van Loon in The Netherlands, who says she was “inspired by Victoria Beckham’s back tattoo and loved the book Le Petit Prince“.
“Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.“
English translation: “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
l’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
This tattoo belongs to Maria Carlos.
“Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.”
English translation: “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
it is only with the heart that one can see rightly
Hi, I’m back. I’ve been away for most of the summer, and just got back from working in Quebec. On to the tattoos. Two a day for the rest of September!
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– From Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
This tattoo belongs to Cassie Niemeyer.
The Rose Garden
Artwork from Le Petit Prince
Kathryn submitted this on behalf of her friend, who says:
The tattoo artist said that this is one of the weirdest tattoos he’s ever done and goes against everything he’s learned about tattoos–no solid lines, no strong blocks of color. But I think it’s absolutely perfect (albeit still a bit swollen in this picture), after two hundred dollars and two hours in the chair. “People where you live,” the little prince said, “grow five thousand roses in one garden… yet they don’t find what they’re looking for…” “They don’t find it,” I answered. “And yet what they’re looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water…” “Of course,” I answered. And the little prince added, “But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.”
Le Petit Prince
Artwork from Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Le Petit Prince
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. ”
– from Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry