John Howe

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. ↗

— John Howe

#draws #friends #happiness #honor #makes

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy. ↗

— John Howe

#dragons #fairy #fairy tales #fantasy #much

Drawing must seek interest, not admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. ↗

— John Howe

#because #drawing #interest #must #quickly

I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession. ↗

— John Howe

#been #before #books #ever #first

I initially moved to Switzerland for work on an animated feature film, and have been here ever since. ↗

— John Howe

#been #ever #feature #feature film #film

Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate. ↗

— John Howe

#away #before #eager #i #ideas

What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal. ↗

— John Howe

#dread #folly #life #once #parcels