My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love. - Anthony Browne 1 Share Now -
I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm still in love with paper and paint and pencils. - Anthony Browne 3 Share Now -
Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them. - Anthony Browne 4 Share Now -
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. - Anthony Browne 5 Share Now -
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. - Anthony Browne 6 Share Now -
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book. - Anthony Browne 7 Share Now -
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love. - Anthony Browne 8 Share Now -
Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's Laureate post exists. - Anthony Browne 9 Share Now -
Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it. - Anthony Browne 10 Share Now -
