Each book first begins with a little idea. Dick Bruna More Quotes by Dick Bruna More Quotes From Dick Bruna When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents! Dick Bruna parent book children 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. Dick Bruna giving book ideas But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me. Dick Bruna publishing two-sides sides 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. Dick Bruna drawing father book I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format. Dick Bruna nice want book I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh. Dick Bruna vans nice would-be I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. Dick Bruna manuscripts trying My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm! Dick Bruna firm ends father I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist. Dick Bruna artist people ideas I have been drawing all my life. Dick Bruna drawing inspire life 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. Dick Bruna drawing book children Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented. Dick Bruna story house sleep beach Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time. Dick Bruna books never early time Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl. Dick Bruna boy beginning know girl But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children. Dick Bruna sit down think children
