Author: Quentin Blake

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Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.

Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.

- Quentin Blake

Being positive may be a character defect of mine.

Being positive may be a character defect of mine.

- Quentin Blake

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

- Quentin Blake

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

- Quentin Blake

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

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

- Quentin Blake

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

- Quentin Blake

A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.

A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.

- Quentin Blake

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