Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by David Macaulay

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American artist David Macaulay.
Last updated on November 12, 2024.
David Macaulay

David Macaulay is a British-born American illustrator and writer. His works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988) and The New Way Things Work (1998). His illustrations have been featured in nonfiction books combining text and illustrations explaining architecture, design and engineering, and he has written a number of children's fiction books. Macaulay was a 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program award and received the Caldecott Medal in 1991 for Black and White (1990).

I've never thought about the ages of my readers.
I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.
I'm a big fan of the digestive system. — © David Macaulay
I'm a big fan of the digestive system.
I'm just looking for projects I enjoy.
Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.
If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.
Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.
For some time now, I have been encouraging people to ask themselves why things look the way they do.
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