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Chris Van Allsburg

"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."

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"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."

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Donna Grant

"What the future held for spirit, Emily could only imagine."

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Donna Grant

"Do you know what the best and worst thing about a book is? The author can't answer all your questions, only your imagination can."

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Donna Grant

"When you are very rational, you may not be able to dream or live in a fairy tale."

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Donna Grant

"O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . .She is the fairies' midwife, and she comesIn shape no bigger than an agate stoneOn the forefinger of an alderman,Drawn with a team of little atomiAthwart men's noses as they lie asleep."

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Donna Grant

"The words we construct, the poems we write and the songs we sing, become the love story of a stranger we have never seen."

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Donna Grant

"Music enables mind to compose things in the outer limit of logic."

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Donna Grant

"When the imagination takes over, the second hand could be the hour hand to a creator of stories."

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Donna Grant

"With astonishing wonder, I have seen the magic of life, the power of thoughts, and the beauty of imagination."

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Donna Grant

"Too many questions can cripple imagination, for how can you apply logical questions to something that is not real?"

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Donna Grant

"We are blessed with a finite life, but our imaginations are infinite."

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

Creativity

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Chris Van Allsburg
"As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen."

Tooth Fairy

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Success

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

Change

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Emotional

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Imagination

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Time

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Imagination

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Cultural

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Chris Van Allsburg
"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."

Being

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