Tony DiTerlizzi Quotes

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great.

My daughters are my Picassos.

I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts.

I will encourage my kids in everything that life has to offer.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.

Everybody draws when they are little.

When I was young, I drew as often as I wrote.

I've been lucky because I've had wonderful teachers along the way who have nurtured and pushed me to the next level.

All talent needs is credibility and the freedom to create. That is all. That's what will make the talent happy, that's what makes me happy to this day.

I feel like it's really important to support people who are coming up and really talented, who need someone to show people that they're cool and talented and doing something different. And I can help do that. It's cool.

I don't know where creativity comes from, but I think everybody has the ability to be creative. I think what's important about creativity starts when you're very young and how we're allowed to experience our imagination. The people who bring us up and teach us are fundamental in either encouraging creativity or discourging creativity. My imagination was always encouraged.

Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

When you have a little 10-month-old who is climbing up your leg because you are their mountain - there's no nobler reason to get out of bed every day. There's no better reason to live, to make sure you provide as much guidance and as much room for that child to thrive.

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car or at a restaurant. While they were enjoying a nice meal, I would be sitting there drawing funny pictures of the waitress.

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

I love artists. I find them fascinating. To me, there really is a genuine magic in what they do.

San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it's all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.