Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I am afraid that people will think I re-illustrated 'The Little Prince,' when really, it was more a tribute to him as a dedicated pilot and a man who believed in the goodness of people. "

Related Quotes:

" I still have an accent. But when I return to Prague, I speak the language yet do not know what they are talking about. "

" I'm a visual person, so it always starts with a picture, and then I get obsessed with the idea, sometimes too much. I have these blank books in which I take notes, and I add postcards and other physical items. "

" I trust the pictures to tell what I want to say. "

" People think children's books are about teddy bears and little flowers. I realize people sometimes don't know what to do with my books because they say, 'Is it a children's book, and what age group?' "

" I know there are some good American police. But I grew up in a country where we were afraid of the police. "

" I had a very comfortable life, but there were people who spent their life in prison, whose families were destroyed. "

" If I would use anything from 'The Little Prince,' even some little quote, it's all copyrighted in France. Like Walt Disney in this country, it's a national treasure. "

" My father documented on film for the last time what Tibet looked like before the world got there. "

" When I was about 12 or 13, my father gave me 'The Little Prince.' He was making sure that I knew it was a special book. I'd seen the name of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, but to me it seemed a very French name, and I was not excited about him as a person. "

" I grew up in society when lots of things were hidden, and they were not hidden just one way, but it was very complicated. "

" When you have little children, you want to tell them about joy and happiness and hope. And then comes the time you want to tell them there are tough moments. I admire people who can do that. "

" When I do my own books, I take it as more of my own confessional, but when I illustrate for other people, it is intriguing because I feel like I shouldn't be stepping too much into the limelight. It's like playing the piano while someone else is singing. "

" How do you visualize something you've never seen and just imagined, through someone you love very much? "

" I didn't understand in the beginning that the editor didn't want me to know the author. I'd make an effort to meet the author, but it would end up being a disaster because then I had the author telling me what I should be doing. "

" I always think like I was born in the country where everybody ate apples. Then I ended up in the country where everybody eats bananas. So now, I eat bananas so long, I'm just remembering the apples. "

" I still dream about doing something simple, very simple and universal. "

" Ursula Nordstrom was famous for finding artists in unlikely places. Maurice Sendak was a window designer, and she just came across one of his windows. Everyone was looking to find a talent. "