Wallace Tripp Quotes

• Illustrators are word people who happen to draw. We work with one foot in a book, the other stuck in a paint pot. Our shoes are a disgrace.

  Wallace Tripp

  Book, Shoes, Feet

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• The first ten thousand drawings are the hardest. Put another way, you have ten thousand bad drawings within and should expel them as quickly as possible.

  Wallace Tripp

  Drawing, Way, Firsts

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• The experienced illustrator subscribes to the principle of the application of the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair. Should inspiration whisk down your chimney, be at your table. The first ten thousand drawings are the hardest. Put another way, you have ten thousand bad drawings within and should expel them as quickly as possible.

  Wallace Tripp

  Inspiration, Drawing, Principles

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