American - Artist | June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012
I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.
Maurice Sendak
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I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'
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I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever.
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My father belonged to a Jewish social club.
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I'm totally crazy, I know that.
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I'm a lucky buck.
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I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.
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My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World.
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My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.
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There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.
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What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.
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Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories.
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