Dick Bruna quotes

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. (Dick Bruna)
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. View quote
Dick Bruna
I have been drawing all my life. View quote
Dick Bruna
I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist. View quote
Dick Bruna
I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh. View quote
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Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published. View quote
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I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. View quote
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My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm! View quote
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When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents! View quote
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I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format. View quote
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Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented. (Dick Bruna)
Each book first begins with a little idea. View quote
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But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me. View quote
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