Top 49 Quotes by Anthony Browne

I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt first. Then I discovered Salvador Dali, and it was like finding something I already knew.

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

Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.

Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.

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

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.

Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.

When I was a boy, I was a worrier, and so was my son, Joe. I used to tell him that worrying meant he had an imagination and that one day he'd be pleased.