Able Quote by Chris Van Allsburg

Back before I entered primary school, I liked to draw, even though I was a brat. I especially liked animals and vehicles, and I…

— Akira Toriyama

I was always the kid who could draw. I had this talent, and it was the one thing that gave me some kind of…

— Anonymous

I've always been a draw-er, all throughout elementary school I was the "kid who draws".

— Liz Prince

At that [childhood] time, of course, if you were involved in art, it was going to be drawing and painting, because that's the only…

— Warren MacKenzie

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was…

— Michael Kimmelman

Going back to the elementary school days, I was always drawing. I entered a Victory poster competition and won the top award that recognized…

— Paul Smith

Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to…

— Norman Rockwell

“mother's love of books and spent a great deal of time outdoors, where she grew up independent and free spirited. Nature became an important…

— Sandra McLeod Humphrey

I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar, were…

— Jacob Epstein

As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very…

— Jerome Isaac Friedman

Children should learn to draw as they learn to write, and such a mystery should not be made of it. They should be encouraged,…

— William Morris Hunt

So many things that you can ask children hopefully pique their interest and they can design and think for themselves. Having children draw and…

— Julie Andrews