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Oliver Jeffers is an Irish-born illustrator, author, and animator. His work is known for its unique style and profound themes, appealing to both children and adult readers. Jeffers' books often contain humor and emotion, conveying deep insights about friendship, family, and imagination through his illustrations.

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Famous Oliver Jeffers Quotes

“There are only three words you need to live by, son: respect, consideration and tolerance.”

Respect Tolerance Consideration

Book:Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Source: Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

“Things can sometimes move slowly here on Earth. More often, thought, they move quickly so use your time well. It will be gone before you know it.”

Life Earth Time Time Passing

Author:Oliver Jeffers

“Things can sometimes move slowly here on Earth. More often, though, they move quickly so use your time well. It will be gone before you know it.”

Life Earth Time Life Passes

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“Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence”

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“I'm interested in how we define things by how we choose to observe them, and how everywhere in our lives, and in every moment we experience, there are forces at work that we don't fully understand. Couple this curiosity with a love of portraiture painting, and that's how this project was born.”

Moments Force Born Our Lives Painting Couple Projects Curiosity Portraiture

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“I make figurative portraits as a way to explore theories of quantum physics.”

Way Theory Physics Quantum Portraits Quantum Physics

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“The paintings each take several months to do and it's quite a cathartic and intense experience that's very pleasurable, but also very strange.”

Strange Painting Months Intense Cathartic

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“Everything we know has come from stories that have been told over and over again as truth. Those stories turn into history.”

Knows Has Beens Stories Turns

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“There's a thin line between destruction and creation.”

Lines Creation Destruction

Author:Oliver Jeffers

“I started hiding my paintings in certain ways, like behind panes of glass for example. Then, instead of hiding them I did something quite cold and clinical: I built a wooden box, filled it with enamel paint and dunked the painting in so you could only see a suggestion of it from a controlled point of view.”

Way Certain Views Behinds Example Painting Cold Built Filled Paint Glasses Boxes Point Of View Controlled Hiding Suggestions Clinicals

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“If you care too much about what others think then you ultimately become what you think they want you to be.”

Ifs Thinking Want Care Too Much If You Care Caring Too Much

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“I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.”

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Author:Oliver Jeffers

About the Author

Born: 1977
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 12

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