Lynda Barry Quotes

I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that.

We are all born artists... Almost everything kids do is art.

Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful.

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

When I draw, I always recall my mindset when I was a child.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Once in a while, I do these things that would make the 10-year old version of me laugh. I don't know why. You've got to do something a little bit immature. I'm surprised at how often those are my best ideas.

I think it is important for kids to be kids.

Leave me in a room with some crayons and I'll draw on the wall.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

To be an actor you have to be a child.

I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom.

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day.

Growing up, I enjoyed drawing, but it was always in the service of an idea. I drew all the time, and I enjoyed making.

When you're a kid, you should be a kid.

When I was a kid, I was always drawing things. I'd get butcher paper or grocery bags and draw on them.

I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead.

Being a kid myself, I loved playing and I loved playing with words, and making up things and riddles and songs and not afraid of being silly in public.

Genius is simply childhood, rediscovered by an act of will.

I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then.

When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.