25 Quotes by Dick Bruna

But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children.

However, my father was a publisher and it was expected that I would become a publisher as well - in his firm.

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.

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.

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures – I do my best with that format.

When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent – no jokes in it for the parents!

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.