Anthony Quinn believed that all children are naturally creative thinkers-but that their creative edge gets dulled when they are consigned to a rigid educational environment.

Creative thinking needs to be nourished and encouraged throughout one's life.
Imaginative thinking and creative expression help develop and strengthen traditional skills; the very skills needed to work through the complex choices we make every day.

Anthony loved to have our children around him while he worked.
He would watch them paint freely and playfully.
Their energy inspired him and gave him the courage to create without inhibition.
I believe your project will do the same. It will inspire children around the world to support each other through their creativity.

Thank you!

Katherine Quinn   ( Anthony Quinn Foundation/Founder & President )

It's so good to draw!!
Try to pick up a story you really like and start bringing that story to life.
It is a wonderful pleasure to turn words into images.

And children have the power to do it so easily through their imagination, fantasy and dreams.
Through the eyes of a child, life is undoubtedly much more beautiful and colorful.

I was born with a tendency to draw.
Even in Secondary School, at the age of 13, all of my exercise books (be it Maths, Portuguese, Chemistry...) were filled (all the white spaces available) with the most varied comic strips, caricatures of the teachers and other topics that occurred to me during lessons.

I would also pen draw my rubber, which I also used as a stamp ... Later, already as a professional, I initiated my activity as a graphic designer with children's book illustrations. I loved making them.

I have always told stories to my daughters with the help of my immediate drawings.
I also collaborated in teaching children through TV broadcasts (where I illustrated, live, the contents of each subject).

What a fantastic opportunity this "WORLD CHILDREN'S ART GALLERY", a meeting point for the dissemination of children's artistic creation, in the sense of creating bonds of friendship.

Joao Machado (Portugal)
https://www.joaomachado.com