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title: "4 Drawing Age Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-edwards/in-early-childhood-children-develop-a-set-of-symbols-that-stand-for/)

[Betty Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-edwards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/betty-edwards-38897_age_in-early-childhood-children-develop-a-se_77699.jpg)

> [I've been drawing my whole life. My mom says my sister and I were drawing by age 1. Animation seems a real,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/i-ve-been-drawing-my-whole-life-my-mom-says-my-sister-and-i-were/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/jennifer-yuh-nelson-9435_age_i-ve-been-drawing-my-whole-life-my-mom-s_181417.png)

> [I've been drawing since about age 5. In kindergarten I drew a picture of my teacher and she loved it! Made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-hartman/i-ve-been-drawing-since-about-age-5-in-kindergarten-i-drew-a-picture/)

[Butch Hartman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-hartman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/butch-hartman-15391_age_i-ve-been-drawing-since-about-age-5-in-k_1160981.jpg)

> [It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-key/it-is-not-sufficient-for-the-young-to-devote-their-enthusiasm-their/)

[Ellen Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-key/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/ellen-key-6012_age_it-is-not-sufficient-for-the-young-to-de_3214757.png)

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