Peter Sis Quotes


The birds never needed passports... We always thought, the birds can go wherever they want, and we couldn't, really. The birds were very much the symbol of... free movement for me.


Citations

Sís, Peter. "Peter Sis' 'Birds': A Journey Of A Thousand Pages." Interview by Scott Simon. Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 5 Nov. 2011.

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Peter Sis
Peter Sis
  • Born: May 11, 1949
  • Nationality: Czech
  • Profession: Artist

Peter Sís is a Czech-born American illustrator and writer of children's books. As a cartoonist his editorial illustrations have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly. For his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012.