Artist Quotes by Jerry Pinkney

Receiving both the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award suggests I have succeeded, at…

— Jerry Pinkney

“…this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.”

— Jerry Pinkney

Drawing creates its own kind of private space. Coupled with certain interests that I want to speak to in my art, it's really kind…

— Jerry Pinkney

If I were to give myself a pat on the back, it would be for sticking with bookmaking as my primary way of expressing…

— Jerry Pinkney

I'm often in conversations with people who have learning disabilities, and they talk about how they were teased and perhaps laughed at sometimes as…

— Jerry Pinkney

Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long way toward…

— Jerry Pinkney

I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and our world,…

— Jerry Pinkney

All of us have places that we can go where we feel most complete.

— Jerry Pinkney

The process of creating art allows me to learn about the subject I'm illustrating. So, if I want to learn more about plantation life…

— Jerry Pinkney

Part of what I'm doing with generations is that I try to express in my work pieces of my growing up years that I…

— Jerry Pinkney

I never demonstrate how art should be made or what the outcome should look like. Instead, give kids the tools and the materials to…

— Jerry Pinkney

There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a lot to…

— Jerry Pinkney

I try not to respond with a pep talk, such as, "Everyone has talent, just try, you'll see." I skirt those kinds of answers.

— Jerry Pinkney

I feel the calmest when I'm drawing or when I'm creating images. I love connecting the mind with the hand and producing something -…

— Jerry Pinkney

If you do the best work you can, the reward is ultimately your self-satisfaction - the sense that you have done the best you…

— Jerry Pinkney