I've heard people ask, What's so sacred about a classic books that you can't change it for the modern child? Nothing is sacred about a classic. What makes a classic is the life that has accrued to it from generation… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you eight minutes to read an article. It seems to me that here is a tendency that… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is atrophied. And… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
Walt Disney has never addressed himself to children once in his life - never. The material of his cartoons is made to reach an… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
I think the number of books published by Mr. Disney has nothing to do with whether or not he is bringing literature to children.… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
I feel that anybody who addresses himself to children has a responsibility, and that responsibility is to make available to children the very best… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
I've heard people ask, What's so sacred about a classic books that you can't change it for the modern child? Nothing is sacred about… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
There is no reason why good books should be lowered or lessened being rewritten to meet the demands of people who are not ready… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
The library profession is ... a profession that is informed, illuminated, radiated by a fierce and beautiful love of books. A love so overwhelming… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
A love of reading encompasses the whole of life: information, knowledge, insight and understanding, pleasure; the power to think, to select, to act, to… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
