Chris Riddell Quotes

I'm not a painter by any stretch of the imagination; I'm a dyed-in-the-wool traditional illustrator, and I begin with black and white. If I need colour, I add it over the top. There's a calligraphic element to it... it's about the texture of lines on the page.

Chris Riddell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 13, 1962

Topics

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I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?'

Jimmy Smits

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Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.

Jesse Ventura

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There are too many guns.

Jeffrey Wright

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I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

Anna Held

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I would like for my kids to at least have some familiarity with who I am: 'It's the man from TV!'

Steve Carell

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I write for three or four hours and then hopefully I'll have something. Then I draw for the rest of the afternoon... I literally block out Wednesday-Thursday-Friday - I more or less disappear.

Stephan Pastis

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Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

Rutherford B. Hayes

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'Step Brothers' is probably the film the most people who approach me want to talk about.

Mary Steenburgen

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Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

Louis Pasteur

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As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.

Judith Wright

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There was a 10- and 8-year difference between us, so my brothers were into tormenting me and I was into getting away from them.

Josh Gad

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In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Jon Ronson

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