Anthony Browne Quotes
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely, there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.
Anthony Browne
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Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the design.
Anthony Browne
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love.
Anthony Browne
The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.
Anthony Browne
Many adults that I have met in my time believed that picture books are 'babyish'. I hope I have changed minds on this, as I set out to do.
Anthony Browne
Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them.
Anthony Browne
Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.
Anthony Browne
A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.
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I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book.
Anthony Browne
I grew up in Yorkshire, and once or twice a year, we'd travel over the Pennines to see my cousins in Cheshire.
Anthony Browne
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.
Anthony Browne
Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's Laureate post exists.
Anthony Browne
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older.
Anthony Browne