Jerry Pinkney

Receiving both the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award suggests I have…

— Jerry Pinkney

“…this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.”

— Jerry Pinkney

Drawing creates its own kind of private space. Coupled with certain interests that I want to speak to in my art, it's…

— Jerry Pinkney

If I were to give myself a pat on the back, it would be for sticking with bookmaking as my primary way…

— Jerry Pinkney

I'm often in conversations with people who have learning disabilities, and they talk about how they were teased and perhaps laughed at…

— Jerry Pinkney

Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long…

— Jerry Pinkney

I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and…

— Jerry Pinkney

All of us have places that we can go where we feel most complete.

— Jerry Pinkney

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

Part of what I'm doing with generations is that I try to express in my work pieces of my growing up years…

— Jerry Pinkney

I never demonstrate how art should be made or what the outcome should look like. Instead, give kids the tools and the…

— Jerry Pinkney

There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a…

— Jerry Pinkney

I try not to respond with a pep talk, such as, "Everyone has talent, just try, you'll see." I skirt those kinds…

— Jerry Pinkney

I feel the calmest when I'm drawing or when I'm creating images. I love connecting the mind with the hand and producing…

— Jerry Pinkney

If you do the best work you can, the reward is ultimately your self-satisfaction - the sense that you have done the…

— Jerry Pinkney

A sense of community has always been important to me. I understood very early that I could not grow as an artist…

— Jerry Pinkney

I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts.…

— Jerry Pinkney

I've tried to use the recognition as validation that I'm doing the kind of work that people are interested in and to…

— Jerry Pinkney

I have to believe that when I finish a project, that I will not only grow as an artist, but as a…

— Jerry Pinkney

I visited the Museum of Modern Art and viewed the exhibition of Picasso's sculptures, and I couldn't help but think about what…

— Jerry Pinkney

We live in a time when there is an abundance of ways we can express ourselves.

— Jerry Pinkney

I like to talk about my challenges as they relate to all of us, and I try to leave them with a…

— Jerry Pinkney

African American writers and artists, by the very nature of what they do, will actually enhance or bring together people in a…

— Jerry Pinkney

I want kids to understand that making pictures is similar to making music; there are so many instruments and so many tunes…

— Jerry Pinkney

Make it all about the work. Everything else will follow.

— Jerry Pinkney