I don't feel as if I belong to an age group. Quentin Blake More Quotes by Quentin Blake More Quotes From Quentin Blake Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity. Quentin Blake drawingpeoplethinking I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival. Quentin Blake inspirationwaitingfacts I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us. Quentin Blake givingtwothinking A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France. Quentin Blake libraryfranceschool Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly. Quentin Blake somemysteriousinspirationblessing Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet. Quentin Blake alienhospitalgoinglike You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot. Quentin Blake lookyoulifewindow I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for. Quentin Blake the-only-thinggotonlyteacher Being positive may be a character defect of mine. Quentin Blake minebeingpositivecharacter Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry. Quentin Blake i-thinkbecausethinkdifficult I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture. Quentin Blake educationculturechildrenpeople With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own. Quentin Blake picturesmoreownhope I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just thought children might like my sort of visual humour. Quentin Blake neverthoughtknowchildren I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know? Quentin Blake goodthinkknowyou If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself. Quentin Blake yourselfyouexpress-yourselfwant Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs. Quentin Blake disappointmentrealitytelevision I find that I can't work and listen to radio - either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it. Quentin Blake findmewantwork I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it. Quentin Blake verygoodemailstruggle I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they're a special category. Quentin Blake likespecialchildrenpeople I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something. Quentin Blake holidaysfeelingholidaydrawing
