When I draw something, I try to build some kind of history into it. Drawing an object that has a certain amount… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“I’ve had so many influences and sources of inspiration as an illustrator that it is impossible to name just one. I loved Aubrey Beardsley… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
I spend as much time as I can sketching from nature, Dartmoor contains such a rich variety of landscape, as many boulders, foaming rivers… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“I have a very clear memory of my first encounter with myth, sitting in a mobile library and travelling, at the same time, with… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“When I started to draw, most of my influences were from other painters and illustrators, so I was drawing landscape at second hand, really.… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“I've been strongly influenced, in technique as well as subject matter, by some of the early 20th-century book illustrators — Arthur Rackham and Edmund… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“A lot of excellent illustrators are working at the moment--especially in fantasy and children's books. It is exciting also to see graphic artists such… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“There is a storytelling element in there. The tango form is a little like the blues in that you have a kind of structure.… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
To draw a tree, to pay such close attention to every aspect of a tree, is an act of reverence not only toward the… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“Many of the most popular children's stories have their roots in tales invented for particular children, and this casual, often serendipitous, approach produces a… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“Never let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired, otherwise you’ll do something you’ll regret.” — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections — not only between us and the… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“I like to work in watercolor, with as little under-drawing as I can get away with. I like the unpredictability of a medium which… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
![“A lot of excellent illustrators are working at the moment--especially in fantasy and children's books. It is exciting also to see graphic artists such as Dave McKean, in his film Mirrormask, moving between different media. I also greatly admire the more traditional work of Gennady Spirin and Roberto Innocenti. Kinuko Craft, John Jude Palencar, John Howe, Charles Vess, Brian Froud ... I'll stop there, as the list would get too long. But--in a fit of pride and justified nepotism--I'll add my daughter, Virginia Lee, to the list. Her first illustrated children's book, The Frog Bride [coming out in the U.K. in September, 2007], will be lovely.” quote by Alan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72f/alan-lee-29219_art_a-lot-of-excellent-illustrators-are-work_1308632.jpg)
