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Chris Van Allsburg


American
June 18, 1949
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I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.


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It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.


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As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.


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Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.


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What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.
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As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.
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I don't know if what kids really want is a hamster. What they want is a dog. So the hamster ends up being a substitute: 'Well, would you accept this?'
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When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is, 'Well, yes, I guess I am a child.' But I don't think of myself that way.
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At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.
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I love the idea of a tiny window between the back stoop and the pantry, where the milkman would pass through the cheese. But of course, there is no milkman anymore. So somebody coming by the house and seeing the window would say, 'Oh, that must be original, because that's where the milkman passed the cheese through to the pantry.'
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