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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they’re a special category. Quentin Blake Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly. Quentin Blake Read Quote
