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title: "2 Make Book Quotes By Dick Bruna"
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> [When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/when-i-make-a-book-i-make-it-for-the-child-and-not-for-the-parent-no/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

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> [Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/then-one-day-i-thought-it-would-be-wonderful-to-make-a-whole-book-to/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/dick-bruna-30694_book_then-one-day-i-thought-it-would-be-wonde_2678821.png)

## More by Dick Bruna

> [When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/when-i-make-a-book-i-make-it-for-the-child-and-not-for-the-parent-no/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/my-father-realised-that-for-me-to-become-a-publisher-in-his-firm/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/i-want-a-nice-picture-book-with-12-pictures-i-do-my-best-with-that/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [I have been drawing all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/i-have-been-drawing-all-my-life/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/i-did-about-2000-covers-altogether-for-all-sorts-of-books-from/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [Each book first begins with a little idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/each-book-first-begins-with-a-little-idea/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/i-thought-it-would-be-very-nice-to-become-picasso-or-rembrandt-or-a/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [However, my father was a publisher and it was expected that I would become a publisher as well - in his firm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/however-my-father-was-a-publisher-and-it-was-expected-that-i-would/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/i-come-from-a-family-of-business-people-but-i-had-the-idea-i-wanted/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/but-i-don-t-sit-down-and-think-this-is-meant-for-children/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/right-at-the-beginning-i-didn-t-know-if-miffy-was-a-boy-or-girl/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/now-i-had-been-drawing-all-this-time-especially-in-france-of-course/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/miffy-has-changed-quite-a-lot-since-the-early-books-although-i-never/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/then-one-day-i-thought-it-would-be-wonderful-to-make-a-whole-book-to/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

> [But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/but-we-discovered-that-although-i-liked-publishing-the-commercial/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

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