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Maurice Sendak Quotes

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can’t tell your parents that Picture Quote #1

Parents shouldn’t assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don’t. We do Picture Quote #1

Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow Picture Quote #1

I’ve always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent Picture Quote #1

My work is not great, but it’s respectable. I have no false illusions Picture Quote #1

The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had, why write to me, a perfect stranger? Picture Quote #1

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I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we’re not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate fantasy to children, as though it were some tomfoolery only fit for the immature minds of the young. Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do Picture Quote #1

. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things Picture Quote #1

Bumble-Ardy looks like a happy book. That’s the funniest thing about it. But this was survival. I was working very hard to survive Picture Quote #1

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness Picture Quote #1

I feel it in me like a woman having a baby, all that life churning inside me. I feel it every day; it moves, stretches, yawns. It’s getting ready to be born. It knows exactly what it is Picture Quote #1

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death Picture Quote #1

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I refuse to lie to children Picture Quote #1

We were the chosen people, chosen to be killed? Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in things literally for children. That’s a reduction Picture Quote #1

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing Picture Quote #1

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things Picture Quote #1

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life Picture Quote #1

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As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination Picture Quote #1

Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life’s concern Picture Quote #1

To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult Picture Quote #1

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely Picture Quote #1

What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe Picture Quote #1

I’m totally crazy, I know that. I don’t say that to be a smartass, but I know that that’s the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that’s fine. I don’t do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can’t not do it Picture Quote #1

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If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up Picture Quote #1

Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that. We just don't like to think about it. Certainly the men don't like to think about it Picture Quote #1

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child Picture Quote #1

I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young Picture Quote #1

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth Picture Quote #1

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is Picture Quote #1

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As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can’t tell your parents that. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Parents shouldn’t assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don’t. We do. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I’ve always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) My work is not great, but it’s respectable. I have no false illusions. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had, why write to me, a perfect stranger? (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we’re not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate fantasy to children, as though it were some tomfoolery only fit for the immature minds of the young. Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) . . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Bumble-Ardy looks like a happy book. That’s the funniest thing about it. But this was survival. I was working very hard to survive. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I feel it in me like a woman having a baby, all that life churning inside me. I feel it every day; it moves, stretches, yawns. It’s getting ready to be born. It knows exactly what it is. (Maurice Sendak Quotes) The distinctions of fine art bore me to death (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I refuse to lie to children (Maurice Sendak Quotes) We were the chosen people, chosen to be killed? (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I don’t believe in things literally for children. That’s a reduction (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing (Maurice Sendak Quotes) And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things (Maurice Sendak Quotes) It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life (Maurice Sendak Quotes) As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life’s concern (Maurice Sendak Quotes) To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely (Maurice Sendak Quotes) What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I’m totally crazy, I know that. I don’t say that to be a smartass, but I know that that’s the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that’s fine. I don’t do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can’t not do it (Maurice Sendak Quotes) If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up (Maurice Sendak Quotes) Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that. We just don't like to think about it. Certainly the men don't like to think about it (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young (Maurice Sendak Quotes) I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth (Maurice Sendak Quotes) What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is (Maurice Sendak Quotes)

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