Quotes from Tomi Ungerer

I've always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it's in daily life or in art.

If I write a book I do it mostly for myself for the child in me and for the adult in me. The criterion for my children's books is: If I were a child would I like it That's very egotistical but it's the same thing with my books for adults. I wouldn't do a book if I didn't want to partake and share. With a book I can do both: I give and I share.

Le bonheur que je ressens lorsque je savoure le repos et la sérénité de cet endroit [le Spielweg, dans la Forêt-Noire, vallée du « Münstertal »], se retrouve dans les dessins que j'ai souhaité vous présenter dans ce livre.

Drawing is the most direct and personal kind of graphic expression. Unlike painting, it doesn't forgive. You put down your black line, and there it is - as inevitable as death.