Facts about Dick Bruna

Occup.Artist
BornAugust 23, 1927
Age97 years

Summary

Dick Bruna is a famous Artist, he/she is 97 years old and still alive, born August 23, 1927.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Dick.

16 Famous quotes by Dick Bruna

Small: Right at the beginning, I didnt know if Miffy was a boy or girl
"Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl"
Small: I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it
"I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it"
Small: I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist
"I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist"
Small: Each book first begins with a little idea
"Each book first begins with a little idea"
Small: Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings toge
"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books"
Small: Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my fathe
"Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published"
Small: But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me
"But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me"
Small: When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!
"When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!"
Small: But I dont sit down and think: this is meant for children
"But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children"
Small: Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time
"Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time"
Small: My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!
"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"
Small: I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format
"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format"
Small: I have been drawing all my life
"I have been drawing all my life"
Small: I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I alw
"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was"
Small: Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we
"Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented"
Small: I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh
"I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh"