Eric Carle Quotes

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.

I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 5 or 6. I always drew. At 8, I was permitted to study.

When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.

Actually, yeah, I am an artist. I draw.

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

I know how difficult it is to make a career in the arts, but even if you don't make a career of it, don't lose it as a hobby. Artists often end up in jobs that have nothing to do with their art. But that side needs to be fulfilled - don't give it up.

I love painting. I went to college in fine arts, and I still do it all the time.

My first artistic love was drawing and painting.

I can draw really well. And I like to paint. I'm a bit of an artist.

I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.

When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

I have been drawing all my life.

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.

Painting completed my life.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.

I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.

Egon Schiele is my favorite painter. There's just something about art - photography, painting, music, plays - whatever you see, sometimes there's a gut reaction that's more important or more visceral than what your brain is thinking about. You can't explain that reaction. It's like what happens when you fall in love.

Why a musician loves playing jazz or classical music or what makes them happy, and why an artist likes to paint - it's so hard to actually put into words what that feeling is of joy that we get, but that is what I get: a feeling of joy when the camera is rolling, even if I'm doing something that is not joyous.

I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.

I enjoy painting. It's an incredible release of tension, and I feel very excited doing it. I squeeze out some wonderful red paint, and I get a thrill. My heart starts beating faster. It's almost a sensual thing working with these thick acrylic paints. I almost want to put my hands in.

It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.

I haven't had the opportunity to study visual art, but it was always my first love when it came to artistic expression. I started drawing and experimenting with visual art when I was 5.

I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good work to be done and there's joy to be found in it, I think.

We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music.