Childhood Quotes

"Growing up, I loved clothes and cherished them." "What's done to children, they will do to society." "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." "The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive." "I must confess, I was born at a very early age." "To the Lighthouse was then an evocation of childhood; it was also an inquisition into the nature of reality." "Enjoy the little fun things—like taking your kids to school—before they're all grown up" "I always felt that there was something different about me growing up. I knew I was different from the others." "The soul is healed by being with children." "I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer." "By Far The Best Dressing Up Outfit I Ever Had Was A Wonderful Pair Of Clown Dungarees, Which My Granny Made." "I've never been embarrassed about having streaks in my drawers. You know, it's all part of growing up." "When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire" "In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win." "It takes a village to raise a child" "Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them." "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." "When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." "As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting."