--- title: "8 Started Draw Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Started Draw quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Started Draw sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/tove-jansson-1846_adventure_i-m-not-sure-i-would-have-ever-started-t_8368.jpg" --- > [I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-jansson/i-m-not-sure-i-would-have-ever-started-to-draw-let-alone-write-if-my/) [Tove Jansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-jansson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/tove-jansson-1846_adventure_i-m-not-sure-i-would-have-ever-started-t_8368.jpg) > [Sitting at the corner, and I ddnt know what to do and so I grabbed my brush and started to draw of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roo-roosing-potestas/sitting-at-the-corner-and-i-ddnt-know-what-to-do-and-so-i-grabbed-my/) [Roo Roosing Potestas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roo-roosing-potestas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/roo-roosing-potestas-40291_artist_sitting-at-the-corner-and-i-ddnt-know-wh_298437.jpg) > [I discovered there are some messages, left by other artists. I've just started to draw, say, to share the visions with them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pawel-althamer/i-discovered-there-are-some-messages-left-by-other-artists-i-ve-just/) [Pawel Althamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pawel-althamer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/pawel-althamer-54988_art_i-discovered-there-are-some-messages-lef_384865.jpg) > [I was blown away by being able to color. Then I started to draw... bringing a blank white canvas to life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-de-la-vega/i-was-blown-away-by-being-able-to-color-then-i-started-to-draw/) [James De La Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-de-la-vega/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/james-de-la-vega-32709_able_i-was-blown-away-by-being-able-to-color_684621.png) > [When I was a kid I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/when-i-was-a-kid-i-would-much-rather-have-been-a-good-baseball-player/) [Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/shel-silverstein-1914_ball-player_when-i-was-a-kid-i-would-much-rather-hav_715990.jpg) > [I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-connolly/i-started-to-draw-desert-islands-they-were-just-rough-shapes-in-the/) [Billy Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-connolly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/billy-connolly-2412_amazed_i-started-to-draw-desert-islands-they-we_2036305.jpg) > [I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-learned-to-read-very-early-so-i-could-read-the-comics-which-i-then/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/margaret-atwood-40_books_i-learned-to-read-very-early-so-i-could_2931753.jpg) > [I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/i-couldn-t-play-ball-i-couldn-t-dance-luckily-the-girls-didn-t-want/) [Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/shel-silverstein-1914_artist_i-couldn-t-play-ball-i-couldn-t-dance-lu_3198204.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-draw/#itemlist", "name": "Started Draw Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was a mixture of comfort and adventure. 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