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there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality

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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
Artist
Cartoonist
Graphic Designer
Illustrator
Painter
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Maurice Bernard Sendak
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Dreams raise the emotional level of what I'm doing at the moment.
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I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.
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