“The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.”
John LeCarre
“Storytelling captures an aspect of childhood experience when being told a story was a common ritual. It's a warm place for most of us and in some ways represents our first experience in really listening.”
Paul Lansky
“Because it's visual art, a lot of it comes from childhood experience but then a lot comes from the visual language - in advertising and stuff like that - which is around us.”
Damien Hirst
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.”
Sigmund Freud
“Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.”
Dr. Rollo May
“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.”
Marion C. Garretty
“It is never too late to have a happy childhood”
Tom Robbins
