#illustration

My life will be the best illustration of all my work. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#illustration #life #work #writing #writing-process

Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil. ↗

— Grace Darling

#exaggerated #illustrations #inflated #pen #pencil

The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail. ↗

— John Wesley Powell

#art #attempting #beyond #cannot #canyon

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

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#along #been #decent #evolution #freedom

He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage. ↗

— George Combe

#curious #facts #goodness #illustration #mere

I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#bosnian #brothers #brought #came #christian

There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration. ↗

— Boris Vallejo

#been #different #directed #fantasy #i

Reading about Queen Victoria has been a passion of mine since, as a child, I came across Laurence Housman's play 'Happy and Glorious,' with its Ernest Shepard illustrations. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#across #been #came #child #ernest

Inking is meditation in liquid form... ↗

— J.H. Everett

#artist #illustration #ink #inspirational #meditation