--- title: "1 Interested History Quotes By John Howe" description: "1 Interested History quotes by John Howe. Plus more from John Howe and more Interested History sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/john-howe-30938_art_i-think-i-was-interested-in-history-with_3086418.jpg" --- > [I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/i-think-i-was-interested-in-history-without-knowing-it-and-that/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/john-howe-30938_art_i-think-i-was-interested-in-history-with_3086418.jpg) ## More by John Howe > [I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an archive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/i-have-a-website-because-it-s-an-interesting-tool-very-and-quite/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [All in all, Tolkien fans are as varied, remarkable and marvelous as the books and the worlds that they share. They make me feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/all-in-all-tolkien-fans-are-as-varied-remarkable-and-marvelous-as-the/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/occasionally-projects-just-take-off-unexpectedly-sometimes-you-can/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/drawing-must-seek-for-interest-not-for-admiration-because-admiration/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Drawing must seek interest, not admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/drawing-must-seek-interest-not-admiration-because-admiration-wears/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/daydreaming-with-pencil-and-paper-is-a-respectable-form-of-meditation/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [God loves you enough , trusts you enough, to let affliction come into your life to see whether you will exercise the muscles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/god-loves-you-enough-trusts-you-enough-to-let-affliction-come-into/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/i-have-been-illustrating-tolkien-s-books-ever-since-i-first-read-them/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/what-a-folly-to-dread-the-thought-of-throwing-away-life-at-once-and/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really look… as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/more-often-than-not-however-the-person-who-flatly-states-elves-aren-t/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/information-and-inspiration-are-everywhere-history-art-architecture/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/character-is-power-it-makes-friends-draws-patronage-and-support-and/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [I initially moved to Switzerland for work on an animated feature film, and have been here ever since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/i-initially-moved-to-switzerland-for-work-on-an-animated-feature-film/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [What can make your work interesting is as much who you are, as how you draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/what-can-make-your-work-interesting-is-as-much-who-you-are-as-how-you/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) > [Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howe/dragons-and-bridges-are-very-much-something-out-of-fairy-tales-and/) [John Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-history/john-howe/#itemlist", "name": "1 Interested History Quotes By John Howe", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. 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