“I knew that I wanted to be an illustrator since I was in kindergarten. I can remember the exact day. The art teacher usually came to our classroom once a week, but she was absent that day. Instead, our regular teacher gave us each a huge piece of paper and crayons, and we could do whatever we wanted.” ArtI CanWantedRememberTeacherPiecesWeekHugePaperClassroomAbsentKindergartenCrayonIllustratorsArt Teacher Author:Jan Brett
“I love children because that's a part of my life that was so happy, and I like to remember back to those days where everything is a discovery, and the world is so fresh.” WorldChildrenRememberDiscoveryChildren Love Author:Jan Brett
“I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.” IfsChildrenAbleRememberArtistTalentBeing An Artist Author:Jan Brett
“I remember kids used to give me a penny for drawing them a horse. I loved horses, but I couldn't have one, so I would draw a horse for myself. I would make it food and a blanket for it to wear and a place to live.” GivingKidsRememberUsedDrawsHorseGive MeDrawingPenniesBlanketPlaces To Live Author:Jan Brett
“I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.” TryingBelieveWellsBookRealHelpingFeelingsMightBeautifulRememberFeltSpecialQuietPagesDetailsDrawingConvinceBeing RealImaginaryRainyRainy DayPicture BooksBeautiful Picture Author:Jan Brett
