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I have been drawing all my life.

~Dick Bruna

Topics: All My Life Been Drawing Life My Life

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I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

~Dick Bruna

Topics: Artist Become Business Business People Come Family Had Idea People Wanted

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I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.

~Dick Bruna

Topics: Become Gogh Nice Picasso Rembrandt Thought Van Van Gogh Very Would

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But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

~Dick Bruna

Topics: Although Commercial Discovered Liked Me Meant Nothing Publishing Side

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My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!

~Dick Bruna

Topics: Become Been End Father Firm His Me Publisher Realised Would

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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

Topics: Back Been Books Came Chance Course Cover Drawing Father France Gave Had He Me Now Published Time I Came

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I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

~Dick Bruna

Topics: Amazing Authors Cover Get Make Make Up Manuscript Thought Try Up Work

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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

Topics: About Altogether Always Author Bond Books Covers Did Give Had Idea James James Bond Matter Must Shakespeare Sort Who

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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

Topics: Book Books Children Day Doing Drawings How Make One Day Started Text Then Thought Together Whole Wonderful Would

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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

Topics: About Around Beach Before He Him House Little Rabbit Run Saw Sleep Story

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Artist

Born: August 23rd, 1927

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