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"Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well."
"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."
"A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud."
"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"
"With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!"
"In your winter you deny your spring."
"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."
Explore more quotes by 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."
"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."
"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."
"As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen."
"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."
"The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now."
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