About Quote by Chris Van Allsburg

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

— Chris Van Allsburg

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on…

— Chris Van Allsburg

“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement." from Mr.…

— Chris Van Allsburg

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

— Chris Van Allsburg

People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

— Chris Van Allsburg

“The bell still rings for all who truly believe”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

— Chris Van Allsburg

In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some…

— Chris Van Allsburg

Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

— Chris Van Allsburg

Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's…

— Chris Van Allsburg