Graeme Base

People kept asking, 'What's your market?' I've got no idea at all other than me, an eleven year old kid in a…

— Graeme Base

I was eight when we came to Australia. It was five amazing weeks onboard this ship - it was the Northern Star.

— Graeme Base

It was always that detail that drove me. Ever since I was a little kid, I used to get into the nitty…

— Graeme Base

I was born in Amersham, England on 6/4/58. My family moved to Australia when I was eight, and I went to Box…

— Graeme Base

I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at…

— Graeme Base

Whilst I love still hiding... games and puzzles to play, I'm not as imprisoned by that need to fill every corner with…

— Graeme Base

I guess I don't come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look…

— Graeme Base

You know I'm a bit of a dag because I listen to classical music. I recently bought myself an iPod and downloaded…

— Graeme Base

Ever since I was a kid, I might have been eleven or twelve. I'd be telling anyone who would listen that when…

— Graeme Base

Being an artist, its all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.

— Graeme Base

Whether one likes it or not, the screen is a profoundly important source of imagery and storytelling for this generation. For me,…

— Graeme Base

I guess I dont come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look…

— Graeme Base

I have pets, but they're the really ordinary sort - yellow Labrador, tabby cat, white rabbit, a few goldfish - that kind…

— Graeme Base

Im a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think The Waterhole is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through…

— Graeme Base

My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to…

— Graeme Base

I've had an absolutely charmed life in every aspect of it. I do for my job what I would do for a…

— Graeme Base

People kept asking, Whats your market? Ive got no idea at all other than me, an eleven year old kid in a…

— Graeme Base

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on…

— Graeme Base

I still feel childlike. Not childish - there's a difference. But to be childlike is to be savoured and treasured. I offer…

— Graeme Base

Being an artist, it's all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.

— Graeme Base

Some people can sit and enjoy the view... some people like to take photos to feel complete. I need to somehow possess…

— Graeme Base

I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers…

— Graeme Base

I hope that there's a difference between being childish and childlike and that I'm the latter, if you take my meaning. I…

— Graeme Base

I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry.…

— Graeme Base

The English probably do that wordplay kind of humour and whimsy better than anyone, and I've always felt that my writing goes…

— Graeme Base