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Chris Van Allsburg

I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.

— Chris Van Allsburg think

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.

— Chris Van Allsburg writing

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?'

— Chris Van Allsburg self

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 Allsburg men

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

— Chris Van Allsburg culture

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.

— Chris Van Allsburg write

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 Allsburg success

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

— Chris Van Allsburg change

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 Allsburg faith

I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

— Chris Van Allsburg art

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

— Chris Van Allsburg perfection

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

— Chris Van Allsburg dreams

Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

— Chris Van Allsburg life

The whole idea of being mesmerized and not in control of your own actions is fascinating and a little spooky. I remember hearing about someone who'd gone to a magic act, and a person in the audience had become hypnotized by observing too closely what magician was doing on stage, and thought it was spooky to lose your consciousness that way.

— Chris Van Allsburg magic

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 Allsburg believe

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 Allsburg books

The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.

— Chris Van Allsburg idea

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

— Chris Van Allsburg writer

I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.

— Chris Van Allsburg reading

The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

— Chris Van Allsburg sin

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 Allsburg war

A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

— Chris Van Allsburg book

Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

— Chris Van Allsburg art

I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

— Chris Van Allsburg books

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

— Chris Van Allsburg books

I think its difficult to forget things that are unresolved.

— Chris Van Allsburg think

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