Pablo Picasso once said<\/a>, \u201cIt took me four years to paint like Rafael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.\u201d Whitney Houston once sang<\/a>, \u201cI believe the children are our future \/ Teach them well and let them lead the way.\u201d Even the wry Mark Twain had something nice to say<\/a> about children: \u201cThe most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.\u201d <\/p>\n Among other famous quotes, it\u2019s clear that we often associate children with our greatest virtues: hope, innocence, curiosity, creativity \u2014 and the future. <\/strong>And it\u2019s not without reason. Sure, kids are unaware<\/a> at times, but in many, countless ways, we, as adults, cannot begin to imagine as they do. We cannot bind or unbind ourselves from the realities of life as they can (for better or worse).\u00a0<\/p>\n Throughout time, artists have reflected this fascination with childhood, be it art that invokes children, centers them or takes on their perspective. On the Naive B-Side, nine Daily Arts writers tackle such media head-on, exploring all that is beautiful, painful and frightening about growing up.<\/p>\n Senior Arts Editor Ben Luu can be reached at <\/em>benllv@umich.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n