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> [I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the team, and my father had come to watch us. We went home, and my father died…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-had-just-been-promoted-to-the-first-rugby-team-it-was-a-perfect/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

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## More by Anthony Browne

> [A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/a-lot-of-my-characters-are-underdogs-or-sad-or-lonely-but-i-had-a/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

> [I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-use-a-little-brush-only-for-really-small-details-over-the-years-i/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-had-just-been-promoted-to-the-first-rugby-team-it-was-a-perfect/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/the-illustrations-in-picture-books-are-the-first-paintings-most/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/inspiring-passion-in-children-for-books-and-the-world-of-imagination/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-find-it-incredible-and-outrageous-that-public-and-school-libraries/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

> [The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/the-first-thing-i-put-down-on-paper-is-a-storyboard-like-a-film/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

> [Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/gorillas-remind-me-of-my-father-he-was-a-very-big-physically-strong/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

> [Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/most-people-lose-their-natural-creativity-at-about-five-or-six-but/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-don-t-like-narrowing-my-readers-down-there-s-not-a-particular-age/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-grew-up-with-an-older-brother-who-was-always-stronger-and-faster/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-never-want-to-make-a-child-worried-or-afraid-and-i-don-t-think-i-do/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

> [Pictures are as evocative to me as smells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/pictures-are-as-evocative-to-me-as-smells/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

> [Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/everyone-can-draw-when-they-re-five-most-of-us-lose-the-ability/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-browne/i-hope-to-encourage-more-children-to-discover-and-love-reading-but-i/)

[Anthony Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-browne/)

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