Books Weren Quotes by Anthony Browne

A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.

— Anthony Browne

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

— Anthony Browne

I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the…

— Anthony Browne

The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and…

— Anthony Browne

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…

— Anthony Browne

I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the…

— Anthony Browne

The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.

— Anthony Browne

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

— Anthony Browne

Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me.

— Anthony Browne

I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child…

— Anthony Browne

I grew up with an older brother who was always stronger and faster and better than me at everything, but I was close enough…

— Anthony Browne

I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that…

— Anthony Browne

Pictures are as evocative to me as smells.

— Anthony Browne

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

— Anthony Browne

I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture…

— Anthony Browne