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When I was a boy, I was a worrier, and so was my son, Joe. I used to tell him that worrying meant he had an imagination and that one day he'd be pleased.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Boy Day Had He Him Imagination Joe Meant One Day Pleased Son Tell Used Worrying

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Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Creativity Education Go Happens Lose Most Our Process Something Through Touch Us

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My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Army Boxer Brother Dad Decided Engineer Fought He Housewife Light Love Mother Mum Never Teacher Then Times Traditional Unconditional Unconditional Love Wanted

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Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Although Daylight Good Lights Much Prefer Two Work

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Most of the day I work standing up, as I once read somewhere that it's the best position for the back.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Back Best Day Most Once Position Read Somewhere Standing Standing Up Up Work

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I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm still in love with paper and paint and pencils.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Computers Develop Images Impressed Late Love Me Paint Paper Pencils Some Start Still Too Too Late Way

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What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story or tell more about the story, about how someone is thinking or feeling.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: About Between Books Different Different Story Excites Feeling Gap How Me More Picture Pictures Slightly Someone Sometimes Story Tell Thinking Words

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One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and thought he was a god or a superhero who could do anything. After that, I wrote my first positive book about fathers, about my dad.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: About After Anything Back Book Could Dad Day Fathers First Five Found God He Me Old One Day Positive Suitcase Superhero Thought Who Wrote

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After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: After Art Because College Going Good Got Had Illustrator Imagine Job Just Medical Mess Operations Photographs Pretty Pretty Good

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Many adults that I have met in my time believed that picture books are 'babyish'. I hope I have changed minds on this, as I set out to do.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Adult Believed Books Changed Hope Many Met Minds My Time Out Picture Set Time

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: September 11th, 1946

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