American - Artist | June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012
My work is not great, but it's respectable.
Maurice Sendak
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As a kid, all I thought about was death.
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I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.
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My therapies went on forever.
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I cry a lot because I miss people.
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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.
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I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy.
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My parents were very indiscrete.
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I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels.
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I stress character, character, character.
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The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been.
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I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
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