Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
From Quentin Blake
If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.
I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.
I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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