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Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

Chris Van Allsburg Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Chris Van Allsburg
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American
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  • 1
    As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 2
    Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 3
    I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 4
    Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 5
    The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 6
    The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 7
    The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 8
    The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg
  • 9
    There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress. Chris-Van-AllsburgChris Van Allsburg