Picture Books Quotes: top 59 famous quotes about Picture Books

Picture Books Quotes & Sayings

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I've never met a bug that hasn't made me jump. — Denise Dowling Mortensen

I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales. — Carol Ann Duffy

Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music. — Charles Darwin

Hey, ants!" she shouted. "Please help. Anteater is very hungry, but cannot find any food. — Emlyn Chand

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I say its closer to 675 or 700. — A.E. Samaan

Oh, sweet little huggles," Mama said. "Remember what Pampy used to say when he wanted to be brave? — Lenora Riegel

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own. — J. Patrick Lewis

When you write, magic happens. Doors open. People smile and the world is a better place — Alan Dapre

You cannot grow If you are not reading. — Andrea L'Artiste

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle; Not a "Box of chocolate" You have to put the pieces together to get the 'real' picture. — Andrea L'Artiste

We create our work for children not because they're "cute," but because they're human beings, deserving of respect. — Mo Willems

Growing up, I lived in a house without art: no picture books on the shelves, no visits to museums, no posters on the bedroom wall. — John Burnside

What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday? — Sherley Mondesir-Prescott

I learned to read when I was three, so I skipped right over picture books and didn't learn to appreciate art in books until much later. — Mitali Perkins

One day my sister Virginia woke up feeling wolfish. She made wolf SOUNDS and did strange things ... — Kyo Maclear

You have the privilege of presenting a picture of what heaven will be like to those around you. — Elizabeth George

I've read way too much on the overused/misunderstood buzzwords "Show, don't tell!" that I'm convinced all novels should now be picture books — Michael Kroft

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

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. — Jonna Amato-Ocampo

I feel an author and an illustrator weave the magic of a children's picture book together. — Sima Mittal

Messages are the death of an honest literary transaction with children — Maurice Sendak

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

Every day is a good day if we are reading a picture book. — Vivian Kirkfield

I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels. — Marlon James

CARE - Commitment Attitude Respect Effort — Katherine Karagiannis Richards

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

Children's books, even good picture books, are much richer than ordinary home or classroom conversation, — Jim Trelease

I picture several reviewers of my own books as passing a long future lodged between Brutus and Judas in the jaws of Satan. — Stephen Jay Gould

All really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times — Rosemary Wells

We can _start_ making Christmas and Santa can finish up. — Toni Buzzeo

I am honored to have the opportunity to inspire the young and the young at heart through our Picture Books and author talks. — Julie Freyermuth

People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a mighty quotation is worth more than a thousand pictures. — Jakub Marian

If you don't know your history, you don't know what you are talking about! — Barbara Ann Mojica

I can't picture going to a beach, or anywhere on vacation, without a couple of books as companions. — Rosecrans Baldwin

Sometimes it's hard to wait for good things to happen. - Tia Isa — Meg Medina

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

I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both. — Jane Yolen

You are not too small. No one is ever too small to offer help. — Emlyn Chand

Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs. — Denise Fleming

I try to picture my books being acted out. — Denise Fleming

I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood. — Maggie Stiefvater

Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something. — Marla Frazee

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat. — Berkeley Breathed

The thing about being a screenwriter, scriptwriter, scenarist, You get to have multiple personalities and not be charged. — Andrea L'Artiste

Nevertheless, old stories, old rumors, and old picture books still seemed to have their own hold on the memory of the world. What — Terry Pratchett

Writing picture books is like playing Tetris with only Z-pieces. — Colleen A.F. Venable

I'll always write picture books - it's just what I do. I'd even do it if I wasn't being paid. — Debi Gliori

Stay positive , smile , and don't let the buggers get you down. — Jon Adkin

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it. — William Goldman

Cornelius rose. He dried his eyes. For his spirit and will were waterproof. — Phil Bildner

I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words. — Jane Yolen

On the Writing Process:
When in doubt, take it out., — Barbara DaCosta

Toilet paper unrolled and slithered
then wrapped around my tummy.
That paper tried to roll me up
into an Egyptian mummy. — Melinda K. Trotter

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. — Beverly Cleary

People like dialogue. Being a part of it or reading it. Me personally, I'd rather write it. — Andrea L'Artiste

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives." Sir William Wallace — Amanda M. Thrasher

Wait," Honey said to herself, as she realized something amazing. "I'm already an excellent flyer. Maybe I can fight crime too. — Emlyn Chand

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

I write books, I write for comic books, I give lectures ... I live. And when the opportunity comes to do a picture, I do a picture. — Alejandro Jodorowsky