Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them. Anthony Browne More Quotes by Anthony Browne More Quotes From Anthony Browne Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do. Anthony Browne picture best me time I see 'Hansel and Gretel' as a breakthrough book for me, and one of the reasons is because I started to apply meaning to the hidden details. Anthony Browne meaning me details book Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous. Anthony Browne your feel you work I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable and aware of social complexities than we give them credit for. Anthony Browne pictures child think children M dad was a boxer, so he had this fierce, physical presence. Anthony Browne presence he fierce dad I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the team, and my father had come to watch us. We went home, and my father died in front of me. Horribly, in about half an hour. He had a heart attack. Anthony Browne me age heart father I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash. Anthony Browne outsider because always work As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background. Anthony Browne background child always funny From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt first. Then I discovered Salvador Dali, and it was like finding something I already knew. Anthony Browne finding loved something art I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush. Anthony Browne over only small details Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability. Anthony Browne us everyone lose ability I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child. Anthony Browne books picture were child Stories come to me and I don't know where they come from, but afterwards I can look back and say, 'Oh yes, that's got a little bit of me, or a little bit of my own son in it'. That's where ideas come from. Anthony Browne look me ideas son
