The process of creating art allows me to learn about the subject I'm illustrating. So, if I want to learn more about… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
I never demonstrate how art should be made or what the outcome should look like. Instead, give kids the tools and the… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“…this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.” — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
