If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
“I thought that if I couldn’t make a living as an artist, at least I shouldn’t starve. By the time I had… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
“I suppose that really I had a training or education not so very different from a lot of other artists and illustrators… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
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… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
“I thought that if I couldn’t make a living as an artist, at least I shouldn’t starve. By the time I had finished these… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
