Natalie Babbitt Quotes & Sayings
12 most famous Natalie Babbitt quotes and sayings (writer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.”
“We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.”
“I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.”
“I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.”
“My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!”
“Right after graduation, I married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, an academic administrator. I spent the next ten years in Connecticut, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., raising our children, Christopher, Tom, and Lucy.”
“I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.”
“I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.”
“I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.”
“I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.”
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