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Anthony Browne quotes: I grew up in Yorkshire, and once or twice a year, we'd travel over the Pennines to see my cousins in Cheshire.

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 quotes: Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.

Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.

Anthony Browne quotes: Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me.

Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me.

Anthony Browne quotes: As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.

As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.

Anthony Browne quotes: Most of the day I work standing up, as I once read somewhere that it's the best position for the back.

Most of the day I work standing up, as I once read somewhere that it's the best position for the back.

Anthony Browne quotes: M dad was a boxer, so he had this fierce, physical presence.

M dad was a boxer, so he had this fierce, physical presence.

Anthony Browne quotes: Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.

Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.

Anthony Browne quotes: Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.

Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.

Anthony Browne quotes: 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.

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 quotes: A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.

A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.

Anthony Browne quotes: I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash.

I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash.

Anthony Browne quotes: As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.

Anthony Browne quotes: Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.

Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.

Anthony Browne quotes: Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.

Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.

Anthony Browne quotes: Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the design.

Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the design.

Anthony Browne quotes: I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

Anthony Browne quotes: I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child.

I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child.

Anthony Browne quotes: Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.

Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.

Anthony Browne quotes: I see 'Hansel and Gretel' as a breakthrough book for me, and one of the reasons is because I started to apply meaning to the hidden details.

I see 'Hansel and Gretel' as a breakthrough book for me, and one of the reasons is because I started to apply meaning to the hidden details.

Anthony Browne quotes: Pictures are as evocative to me as smells.

Pictures are as evocative to me as smells.

Anthony Browne quotes: The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.

The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.

Anthony Browne quotes: Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

Anthony Browne quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.

I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.

Anthony Browne quotes: Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.

Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.

Anthony Browne quotes: Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.

Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.

Anthony Browne quotes: I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child I was.

I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child I was.

Anthony Browne quotes: I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

Anthony Browne quotes: As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.