Tomie dePaola Professions : Writer Born : September 15, 1934 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Tomie dePaola Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything. Tomie dePaola reading inspirational book A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees. Tomie dePaola doors book art Most people don't realize the many steps that a pop-up goes through. There are a variety of "Dummies" (the sketch phase of the book). Then finally the pencil "dummy", then the finished art which is like painting pieces of a jig saw puzzle. Tomie dePaola book people art I try to be as clear and simple as I can be in my illustrations so that the child can tell what is going on and what the emotions are. Tomie dePaola emotions child i-can simple I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work his way out of it, but I had a great one. Tomie dePaola great good childhood work Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
