I feel the calmest when I'm drawing or when I'm creating images. I love connecting the mind with the hand and producing something - that is very comforting and centering for me. — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
I've tried to use the recognition as validation that I'm doing the kind of work that people are interested in and to feel that my work is a contribution. — 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 least in terms of my own goals, in my intent to make art that moves children. — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share
“…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
