Information and inspiration are everywhere… history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture. – John Howe
What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal. – John Howe
Character is power it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. – John Howe
The flowery Path of Poetry but ill accords with the thorny Mazes of the Law; in the one I have wandered with rapture from Infancy, and I have endeavoured to grace the other with a simple but lasting Ornament—Integrity of Heart. – Charles Snart, “Dedication, to Robert Lowe, Esq. Oxton,” 1807 January 1st, Newar