Quotes from Oliver Jeffers

Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence

Everything we know has come from stories that have been told over and over again as truth. Those stories turn into history.

The paintings each take several months to do and it's quite a cathartic and intense experience that's very pleasurable, but also very strange.

Then the boy realised,the penguin wasn't lost,he was just lonely.

In truth, nothing was the same. She forgot about the stars… and taking notice of the sea. She was no longer filled with all the curiosities of the world and didn't take much notice of anything… other than how heavy… and awkward the bottle had become.

On our planet, there are people. One people is a person. You are a person. You have a body. Look after it, as most bits don't grow back.

There are only three words you need to live by, son: respect, consideration and tolerance.

immortality is that's the telling of stories in the remember.

The fine art is about asking questions and how we understand our world and our place in it.