“Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.”

“Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians.”

“There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.”

“I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people have worn out my books, or that they're held together by Scotch tape.”

“An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.”

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”