Brian Selznick Quotes

• Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

  Brian Selznick

  Cabinets, Wonder

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• I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.

  Brian Selznick

  Mean, Numbers, Machines

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.375, Scholastic Inc.

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• If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

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  Sueño, Sueño, Noche

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.192, Scholastic

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• Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

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  Book, World, Able

  Brian Selznick (2015). “Wonderstruck”, p.221, Scholastic

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• You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

  Brian Selznick

  Looks, Historias

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.96, Scholastic

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• If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

  Brian Selznick

  Broken, Purpose, Like You

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.186, Scholastic

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• I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

  Brian Selznick

  Thinking, Drawing, Pages

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• Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like you're broken.

  Brian Selznick

  People, Broken, Purpose

  "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". Book by Brian Selznick, www.npr.org. 2007.

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• Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

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  Want, Breaking Down, Clock

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.375, Scholastic Inc.

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• Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go in your own cabinet? How would Ben curate his own life? And then, thinking about his museum box, and his house, and his books, and the secret room, he realized he'd already begun doing it. Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.

  Brian Selznick

  Dad, Reading, Book

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• Deseó estar con su madre en su biblioteca, donde todo estaba seguro, numerado y organizado según el sistema decimal Dewey. Ben deseaba que el mundo estuviera organizado por el sistema decimal Dewey. Así podría encontrar lo que estuviera buscando, como el significado de su sueño, o a su padre.

  Brian Selznick

  Mom, Dream, Dad

  Brian Selznick (2015). “Wonderstruck”, p.221, Scholastic

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• Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.

  Brian Selznick

  Cabinets, Wonder

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• Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.

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  Book, Long, Long Time

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• As I look out at all of you gathered here, I want to say that I don't see a room full of Parisians in top hats and diamonds and silk dresses. I don't see bankers and housewives and store clerks. No. I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

  Brian Selznick

  Mermaid, Dreamer, Clerks

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.249, Scholastic

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• El tiempo puede jugarnos todo tipo de malas pasadas. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, los bebés aparecen en carruajes, los ataúdes desaparecen en el suelo, las guerras se ganan y se pierden, y los niños se transforman, como las mariposas, en adultos.

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  Vida, Bebé, Niños

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.250, Scholastic

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• I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at.

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  Art, Thinking, Art Is

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• Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

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  Girl, Ocean, Mermaid

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.74, Scholastic

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• But I'm a fairly mechanical worker - I tend not to think about themes so much as plot. I want to get the feeling right. If it's moving through tunnels, I ask myself, what is it like to move through tunnels?

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  Moverse, Pensar, Túneles

  "Brian Selznick: how Scorsese's Hugo drew inspiration from his magical book". Interview with Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2012.

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• I think the most important thing you can do is to keep drawing no matter what. And to not be afraid of drawing whatever interests you. If there is something that you want to draw, to make, then I think you should pursue it and not let anybody tell you that you cant do it.

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  Thinking, Drawing, Important

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• Los cuentos de hadas sólo ocurren en las películas". -George Melies, de La invención de Hugo Cabret.

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  Fairy Tale, Invention, Tales

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• I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

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  Love Is, People, Stories

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• A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

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  Empleo, Niños, Libro

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• She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. Hugo watched as she fiddled with the pin inside the lock until it clicked and the door opened. "How did you learn to do that?" asked Hugo. "Books," answered Isabelle.

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  Book, Doors, Pockets

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.95, Scholastic

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• Esta noche me dirijo a todos vosotros por lo que realmente sois: magos, sirenas, viajeros, aventureros y magas. Sois los verdaderos soñadores.

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  Mermaid, Dreamer, Tonight

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• I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

  Brian Selznick

  Thinking, Age, Cameras

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