American - Artist | June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012
That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?
Maurice Sendak
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I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?
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I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.
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When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.
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Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.
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I became a set designer for opera.
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Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad.
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Kids lead a very private life.
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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!
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Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.
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I hate people.
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