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~Simplicity~

The Netherlands, Utrecht, born 1927

“I would love to be able to draw like a child, so spontaneous, so open-minded on those big sheets. As an adult you start to draw and then hope that you make something good, something beautiful. A child is not like that, they start and see what happens… I draw things you will see close to home, things that I also like. Maybe I still think a bit like a child, I have a childish mind, I think. There are a lot of things I don’t understand.”

“That’s all you have. With two dots and a little cross I have to make her happy (…) or a little bit sad - and I do it over and over again. There is a moment when I think yes, now she is really sad. I must keep her like that.”

- Dick Bruna

Every day he rises at 5 or 5.30, squeezes a glass of orange juice for his wife, Irene, and draws her a picture about things she has done, or reminders of things she is planning to do. He cycles along the Utrecht canals and goes to a cafe for a coffee.”

How romantic :)