Art Quote by Matthea Harvey

We've lost these qualities, these abilities to do something by hand. Some illustrators have it still, but it's just not art. We have photography.…

— Gerhard Richter

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've…

— Brian Selznick

As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to…

— Quentin Blake

I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm still in…

— Anthony Browne

Sometimes artists are control freaks and it's certainly important to have a vision, but within that vision you need to allow freedom and personality-…

— Oh Land

Not very many people can draw who are illustrators today.

— John Kricfalusi

Illustrators are word people who happen to draw. We work with one foot in a book, the other stuck in a paint pot. Our…

— Wallace Tripp

I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is…

— Brian Selznick

I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't…

— Chris Ware

I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time…

— Alexa Hirschfeld

When someone has to do work for me, I lose my mind. I can't help it, I'm a bit of a control freak. I've…

— Zomby

I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the everyday person. I love the American illustrators.

— Thomas Kinkade