Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Mary GrandPre

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American illustrator Mary GrandPre.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Mary GrandPré is an American illustrator best known for her cover and chapter illustrations of the Harry Potter books in their U.S. editions published by Scholastic. She received a Caldecott Honor in 2015 for illustrating Barb Rosenstock's The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art. GrandPré, who creates her artwork with paint and pastels, has illustrated more than twenty books and has appeared in gallery exhibitions and periodicals such as The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and The Wall Street Journal.

American - Illustrator | Born: 1954

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I will be sad. I've gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess I'll just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one.

Mary GrandPre

When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing — she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each story is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it easy for me. The images just develop as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision.

Mary GrandPre

I was quite nauseous every day at school - I had some real stomach problems. The thing that saved me was sitting in church and trying to get into these statues and windows and colors. Truly, it transported me. And I can see it now in my own work - my pictures have kind of that look.

Mary GrandPre

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.

Mary GrandPre

I loved to draw. I always did. I started when I was about five years old.

Mary GrandPre

I grew up as this little Catholic girl who just wanted to make beautiful things. I expressed myself with paint.

Mary GrandPre

Awards are great, but they're not who you are, and pop culture isn't who you are.

Mary GrandPre

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

Mary GrandPre

I think kids need to be allowed to be more creative and learn more about artists these days, so I'm all about that.

Mary GrandPre

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Mary GrandPre

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