"A good picture book should work without any words at all."

一本好的图画书应该完全不需要文字也能表达。

"The most powerful stories are often the simplest."

最有力的故事往往是最简单的。

"Drawing is thinking on paper."

绘画是在纸上思考。

"I never set out to create a classic. I just wanted to tell a story."

我从未打算创造一个经典。我只是想讲一个故事。

"A picture book is like a small theater."

图画书就像一个小剧场。

"The best ideas come when you're not trying to have ideas."

最好的想法总是在你不刻意追求时出现。

"I like to draw ordinary people doing ordinary things."

我喜欢画普通人做普通事。

"The snowman came to life in my imagination long before he appeared on paper."

雪人在我的想象中早已存在，远早于他出现在纸上。

"I don't think of my work as being for children or for adults. I just think of it as being."

我不认为我的作品是为儿童或成人而作。我只是认为它就是存在。

"A children's book is the first art gallery they visit."

一本儿童书是他们参观的第一个艺术画廊。