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22 quotes by Graeme Base

Graeme Rowland Base (born 6 April 1958) is an author and artist of picture books. He is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989. He was born in Amersham, England but moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight and has lived there ever since. He attended Box Hill High School and Melbourne High School in Melbourne, and then studied a Diploma of Art...
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Being an artist, it's all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.

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Ever since I was a kid, I might have been eleven or twelve. I'd be telling anyone who would listen that when I grew up, I wanted to be an artist.

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I was eight when we came to Australia. It was five amazing weeks onboard this ship - it was the Northern Star.

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Whilst I love still hiding... games and puzzles to play, I'm not as imprisoned by that need to fill every corner with detail.

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I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book... →

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I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers thought... →

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I guess I don't come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look like in my head, and if they don't match... →

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I have pets, but they're the really ordinary sort - yellow Labrador, tabby cat, white rabbit, a few goldfish - that kind of stuff. Nothing... →

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I hope that there's a difference between being childish and childlike and that I'm the latter, if you take my meaning. I often sort of... →

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I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in... →

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I was born in Amersham, England on 6/4/58. My family moved to Australia when I was eight, and I went to Box Hill High School and then Melbourne High... →

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I'm a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think 'The Waterhole' is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we... →

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I've had an absolutely charmed life in every aspect of it. I do for my job what I would do for a hobby if it wasn't my job. Half the secret... →

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