David Macaulay
Born
in Lancashire, England, The United Kingdom
December 02, 1946
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Black and White
14 editions
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published
1990
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Castle
22 editions
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1977
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The Way Things Work
31 editions
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published
1988
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The New Way Things Work
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9 editions
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published
1998
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
25 editions
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published
1973
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Motel of the Mysteries
15 editions
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published
1979
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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
25 editions
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published
1974
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Pyramid
20 editions
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published
1975
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The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
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7 editions
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published
2008
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Underground
13 editions
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published
1976
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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.”
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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.”
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“These amazing and often indispensable systems work so well and so quietly that we tend to be unaware of their existence.”
― Underground
― Underground
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