Boa Constrictors and Elephants
“I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them………The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors, outside or inside, and apply myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. That is why I abandoned , at the age of six, a magnificent career as an artist. I had been discouraged by the failure of my drawing Number One and of my drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again.”
From The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery