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Dick Bruna
Artist
Born:
Aug 23
,
1927
Become
Been
Book
Me
Nice
Thought
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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
Time
Me
Father
Gave
Back
Books
France
Drawing
Had
He
Course
Came
Cover
Been
Now
Published
Chance
I have been drawing all my life.
Dick Bruna
Life
My Life
Drawing
All My Life
Been
I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.
Dick Bruna
Family
Business
People
Become
Had
Idea
Come
Artist
Wanted
Business People
I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.
Dick Bruna
Thought
Become
Nice
Van
Van Gogh
Would
Would-Be
Rembrandt
Picasso
Very
Gogh
But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.
Dick Bruna
Me
Nothing
Side
Liked
Although
Discovered
Commercial
Meant
Publishing
My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!
Dick Bruna
Me
Father
Become
Would
Firm
Been
His
End
Realised
Publisher
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
Day
Together
Book
Wonderful
Thought
Books
One Day
Drawings
Would
Would-Be
Make
How
Doing
Text
Children
Then
Whole
Started
Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time.
Dick Bruna
Time
Changed
Books
Never
Since
Although
Lot
Quite
Quite A Lot
Realised
Early
Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl.
Dick Bruna
Girl
Beginning
Know
Boy
Right
I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format.
Dick Bruna
Best
Book
Picture
Nice
Picture Book
Pictures
Want
Format
But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children.
Dick Bruna
Sit
Down
Think
Children
Meant
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