The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I think that if in your heart, you are seeking out a real puzzle, and you're not looking to frighten anybody, you're… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. And if I've done anything, I've had kids express themselves as they are. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
If there's any advice I have to give, I would say it's that. If you're looking for a way to get closer… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
One of the few graces of getting old-and God knows there are few graces-is that if you've worked hard and kept your… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
If I have an unusual gift, it's not that I draw particularly better than other people - I've never fooled myself about… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
If you're making it up, make it up good. And then believe in what you made up. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire trouble. I… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda stopped to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
