What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I try to satisfy the desires that people have to have their books personalized. That’s a value, or feature, of bibliophilia that may vanish. How do you get your e-book signed? The idea of people standing in line to get my signature in their book, it’s hard to turn them away. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
