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> [A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/a-picture-book-is-a-small-door-to-the-enormous-world-of-the-visual/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

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## More by Tomie dePaola

> [Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/reading-is-important-because-if-you-can-read-you-can-learn-anything/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

> [“In a town in Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady everyone called Strega Nona, which meant "Grandma Witch".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/in-a-town-in-calabria-a-long-time-ago-there-lived-an-old-lady/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

> [Most people don't realize the many steps that a pop-up goes through. There are a variety of "Dummies" (the sketch phase of the book).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/most-people-don-t-realize-the-many-steps-that-a-pop-up-goes-through/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

> [I try to be as clear and simple as I can be in my illustrations so that the child can tell what is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/i-try-to-be-as-clear-and-simple-as-i-can-be-in-my-illustrations-so/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

> [A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/a-picture-book-is-a-small-door-to-the-enormous-world-of-the-visual/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

> [I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomie-depaola/i-remember-feeling-guilty-that-i-had-a-good-childhood-i-thought/)

[Tomie dePaola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomie-depaola/)

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