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Coloring Quotes

The quiet appeal of staying inside the lines.

Several of these quotes come from people whose careers ran through coloring in some form, animators, cover artists, cartoonists, who describe it as genuinely relaxing rather than childish.

Color always vexed me because I would fight with the media I was using. I love coloring in Photoshop, and it's freed me to pursue ideas and techniques I wouldn't have otherwise attempted. Since I get to take an assignment...

Quotes by Adam Hughes

Given that I have to share my computer with my three children, it's not usually a site that I get to spend that much time on. I'm usually on the Nickelodeon site, coloring with my little five year old or...

Quotes by Todd McFarlane

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole stories around their lives.

Quotes by Terry Brooks

When I know I'm going to work on a cover, I practically run to the computer! After working with words for so long, it's lovely to do something that's creative yet also the professional equivalent of scribbling in your own...

Quotes by Teresa Medeiros

Able Quotes

I was a top-notch cartoon model for Hanna Barbera, and they made me into a cartoon series called 'Devlin,' which ran for seven years, and I was on lunch pails and coloring books and all of that. It's really interesting...

Quotes by Taylor Negron

At home, I'm daddy and a husband. There's no Superman's cape. I'm changing diapers, giving my kids baths, and coloring 'Angry Birds' and playing games with them.

Quotes by Taboo

Picasso's superhuman gift for draftsmanship might have made him lazy about pursuing the full potential of color. It was not unusual for him to build a composition by first outlining figures and objects in black and then filling the interstices...

Quotes by Martin Filler

When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such a unique film. So, reading the script, I had no idea what it was gonna be.

Quotes by Maika Monroe

The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.

Quotes by James Spader

Action Quotes

It's a dirty little secret that I'm pretty self-conscious about coloring my own work. I just see so many people who love color more than me that I get freaked out every time I hit Photoshop. Black and white? I...

Quotes by Doug TenNapel

I do all my coloring on PhotoShop - it's good and bad: It helped refine my color, but I do miss the texture and organic quality of the traditional.

Quotes by Cliff Chiang

Personalized beauty is about each woman being able to create her own makeup routine that complements her coloring and style.

Quotes by Bobbi Brown

When I'm not working, I would kill to have some sort of creative outlet other than, say, a coloring book. And when I'm working, I want to do all those things I was griping about - you know, make a...

Quotes by Angie Harmon

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning.

Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of coloring quotes are in this collection?
Most come from people in creative careers, animators, illustrators, writers, talking about coloring as a real part of their work or a way to unwind from it.
Why would someone search for coloring quotes?
People share them for craft-related captions, kids' activity content, or simply because a quote captures the specific calm of coloring that's hard to put into words otherwise.
Is there a quote about coloring as a break from writing?
Yes, one quote describes working on a book cover as a welcome change of pace after long stretches on words, calling it the visual equivalent of stretching your legs.
Do any quotes mention childhood coloring memories?
A few do, including one about drawing and coloring action figures during bad weather as a kid, then inventing whole storylines around them, a hobby that echoes our Action quotes.
Are these quotes only about literal crayons and coloring books?
Not entirely, one comes from a cartoon model recalling being featured on actual coloring books and lunch pails, stretching the theme into merchandising and pop culture too.

One quote even compares coloring a book cover to stepping away from words after a long stretch of writing. For more on that instinct to create, browse Action quotes.