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Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.

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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.

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

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

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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.

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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.

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I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.

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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.

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With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own.

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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Cartoonist

Born: December 16th, 1932

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