My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French.… — John Howe Copy Share Image
I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an archive and… — John Howe Copy Share Image
All in all, Tolkien fans are as varied, remarkable and marvelous as the books and the worlds that they share. They make me feel… — John Howe Copy Share Image
Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a… — John Howe Copy Share Image
Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. — John Howe Copy Share Image
Drawing must seek interest, not admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. — John Howe Copy Share Image
God loves you enough , trusts you enough, to let affliction come into your life to see whether you will exercise the muscles of… — John Howe Copy Share Image
I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession. — John Howe Copy Share Image
What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels… — John Howe Copy Share Image
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… — John Howe Copy Share Image
Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the… — John Howe Copy Share Image
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. — John Howe Copy Share Image
