Illustration Quotes

“The illustrator's job is to get inside the author's head and between his lines, to find the one moment that crystallizes the story for the reader.”

“The basic purpose of a cover is to get the book picked up. It's that simple.”

“Reading is not just about words. It's about pictures, too.”

“The drawing shows me at a glance what would be tedious to find in a book.”

“An illustrator is a translator. He is someone who translates a text into a picture.”

“The pen is a severer critic than the brush.”

“It was an illustrator's dream. It's the kind of project that you wait your whole life for.”

“When I'm illustrating a book, I'm the first one to see the characters, the scenes, the settings. I'm the first one to give them a look and a feel.”

“I am an illustrator. I have to have a story.”

“I try to get a mood, a feel for the story. I'm a mood illustrator.”

“With the exception of the walrus, all the animal characters are, I think, my own.”

“The reason I do children's books is because I'm not a very good writer. I'm a better illustrator.”

“A picture book is a balancing act between picture and text.”