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
But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me. – Dick Bruna
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
My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm! – Dick Bruna
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
I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. – Dick Bruna
I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist. – Dick Bruna
Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time. – Dick Bruna
When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent – no jokes in it for the parents! – Dick Bruna
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
