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Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.

I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I believe that there will be many things that happen to me in my life that I will not be able to explain. Some of those might be magic. I'm

I believe that there will be many things that happen to me in my life that I will not be able to explain. Some of those might be magic. I'm not sure.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I think parents generally know what's best for their children. But I suppose it's possible to be overprotective.

I think parents generally know what's best for their children. But I suppose it's possible to be overprotective.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I have lots of ideas. The problem for me has always been which one to do.

I have lots of ideas. The problem for me has always been which one to do.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: There must be something to think about at the end.

There must be something to think about at the end.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was kind of a turning point.

I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was kind of a turning point.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I don't know if what kids really want is a hamster. What they want is a dog. So the hamster ends up being a substitute: 'Well, would you accept this?'

I don't know if what kids really want is a hamster. What they want is a dog. So the hamster ends up being a substitute: 'Well, would you accept this?'

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some menace behind it.

In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some menace behind it.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.

The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.

Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.

As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I take my ideas from my experiences.

I take my ideas from my experiences.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want to do that.

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want to do that.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Its not bad to be different. Sometimes it's the mark of being very very talented.

Its not bad to be different. Sometimes it's the mark of being very very talented.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.

Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: There's definitely a value in being literate.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: They don't send people from large corporations to hire people to make sculptures.

They don't send people from large corporations to hire people to make sculptures.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: My stories are often a little mysterious.

My stories are often a little mysterious.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.

It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I'm sensitive to the things I see.

I'm sensitive to the things I see.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.

I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.

The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I like the gizmos that transport people.

I like the gizmos that transport people.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: 'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?'

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?'

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris.

I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.

I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.

If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: An award does not change the quality of a book.

An award does not change the quality of a book.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.

I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: If you don't know where you're going, stop racing to get there. from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson

If you don't know where you're going, stop racing to get there.
from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.

I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.

Chris Van Allsburg quotes: I don't think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.

I don't think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.