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A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.
Jim Henson
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Jim Henson
Age: 53 †
Born: 1936
Born: September 24
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
Actor
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James Maury Henson
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(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.
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I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
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No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.
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We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.
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I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.
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Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.
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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
Jim Henson
Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.
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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
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There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.
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It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.
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I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
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The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.
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NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.
Jim Henson
When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.
Jim Henson
If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.
Jim Henson
I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.
Jim Henson
Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.
Jim Henson
If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US.
Jim Henson
