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As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.
Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
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And the walls became the world all around.
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I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of [writing] something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.
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What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe.
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I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.
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I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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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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And it's one of the sexiest things you will ever read of how slow you should take the peach. Don't rush it.
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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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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.
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A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a kid, my sister, who was the eldest, brought books home for me, and I think I spent more time sniffing and touching them than reading. I just remember the joy of the book, the beauty of the binding. The smelling of the interior. Happy.
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I'm totally crazy, I know that.
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I don't know how to write a children's book.
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And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
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