Robert Ingpen Quotations

My studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper.

You don't put your head above the parapet and become a personality if you're an illustrator - it's not part of it; it's not possible. You are a servant to the story.

I started down the bottom of the page and I knew I was going to run out of space. Sammy, my grandchild, came into my studio and was amazed by all the buildings. Out of the blue he asked, 'Grandpa, where's the tree-house?' and so I drew him one. It's on the right hand bottom of the page.

Sometimes they roll their eyes and say, 'Grandpaaaa'.

I must have been very young but I have a clear memory of drawing on a cream brick wall ? with wax crayons.

I must have been very young, but I have a clear memory of drawing on a cream brick wall... with wax crayons.

A good story is elegantly wrapped, and the child discovers things bit by bit.