David Macaulay
Author profile
born
in Lancashire, England, The United Kingdom
December 02, 1946
gender
male
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Castle
— published 1977 — 12 editions |
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Black and White
— published 1990 — 8 editions |
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The Way Things Work
— published 1989 — 14 editions |
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
— published 1973 — 15 editions |
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Motel of the Mysteries
— published 1979 — 7 editions |
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Pyramid
— published 1975 |
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The New Way Things Work
by David Macaulay, Neil Ardley — published 1998 — 5 editions |
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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
— published 1974 — 10 editions |
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The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
— published 2008 — 2 editions |
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Mosque
— published 2003 — 4 editions |
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“What I remember most clearly is how it felt. I’d just finished painting a red fire engine-like the one I often walked past near my grandparents’ house. Suddenly the teachers, whose names I've long forgotten, closed in on my desk. They seemed unusually impressed, and my still dripping fire engine was immediately and ceremoniously pinned up. I don’t know what they might have said, but their unexpected attention and having something I’d made given a place of honor on the wall created an overwhelming and totally unfamiliar sense of pride inside me. I loved that feeling, and I wanted to feel it again and again. That desire, I suppose, was the beginning of my career.
I have no idea where my fire engine painting ended up, but I never forgot the basic layout. Several decades later, it served as the inspiration for this sketch for an illustration in a book called Why the chicken crossed the Road.”
― David Macaulay
I have no idea where my fire engine painting ended up, but I never forgot the basic layout. Several decades later, it served as the inspiration for this sketch for an illustration in a book called Why the chicken crossed the Road.”
― David Macaulay
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