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Quentin Blake Quotes

English - Cartoonist | December 16, 1932 -

Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.

Blessing Mysterious Inspiration Some

Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.

Think Difficult Pigs Because I Think

You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

Life Window You Look See Out

As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.

Nature Balance You Body Look Need

I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.

Live Museum Seriously Streets Come

Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.

People Painting Think Drawing About

Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.

People Think Trouble Sometimes Want

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.

Work Me Find Want Listen Radio

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?

Good Think You Quiet Know Rembrandt

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.

Disappointment Reality Find Kind

I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it.

Good Struggle Email Assistant Very

I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they're a special category.

Children People Special Only Like

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