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Dick Bruna Quotes

- Artist | August 23, 1927 -

I have been drawing all my life.

Life My Life Drawing Been

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

Family Business People Artist Become

I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.

Thought Nice Become Would Rembrandt

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

Me Nothing Side Publishing Liked

My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!

Father Me End Become Been Would

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.

Father Time Me Chance Drawing Back

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

Work Amazing Thought Try Up Get

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.

Bond Matter Always Give Must Idea

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.

Children Day Together Book Thought

Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented.

Beach Sleep Story House Run Him

Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time.

Time Early Never Books Changed Lot

Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl.

Girl Beginning Know Boy Right

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