Dick Bruna Quotes & Sayings

“I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was.”

“I have been drawing all my life.”

“Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented.”

“But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.”

“I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.”

“Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books.”

“I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.”

“But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children.”

“Each book first begins with a little idea.”

“I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.”