Quentin Blake Quotes

As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.

Quentin Blake

• Nature
• Body
• Balance

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• As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • Nature
  • Body
  • Balance