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Top 25 Chris Van Allsburg Quotes (2025 Update)

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.”

1. “Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I don’t think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.”

2. “I don’t think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?”

3. “The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.”

4. “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I write for what’s left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.”

5. “I write for what’s left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the ‘what if – what then’ approach to writing and illustration.”

6. “At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the ‘what if – what then’ approach to writing and illustration.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I’m not a perfectionist. I’m just very observant.”

7. “I’m not a perfectionist. I’m just very observant.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It’s also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.”

8. “The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It’s also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what’s fascinating to me.”

9. “The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what’s fascinating to me.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “If you don’t know where you’re going, stop racing to get there. – from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson.”

10. “If you don’t know where you’re going, stop racing to get there. – from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”

11. “At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I’ve always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.”

12. “I’ve always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.”

13. “My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.”

14. “Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “An award does not change the quality of a book.”

15. “An award does not change the quality of a book.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.”

16. “There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.”

17. “I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.”

18. “I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I take my ideas from my experiences.”

19. “I take my ideas from my experiences.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not.”

20. “The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.”

21. “The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “There must be something to think about at the end.”

22. “There must be something to think about at the end.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can’t see any reason to change the formula now.”

23. “Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can’t see any reason to change the formula now.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “The bell still rings for all who truly believe.”

24. “The bell still rings for all who truly believe.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it’s quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.”

25. “Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it’s quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “I have lots of ideas. The problem for me has always been which one to do.”

26. “I have lots of ideas. The problem for me has always been which one to do.”

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Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.”

27. “Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “Santa is our culture’s only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It’s a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that’s a pity.”

28. “Santa is our culture’s only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It’s a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that’s a pity.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

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