Inspirational Quotes by Maurice Sendak

And the walls became the world all around.

— Maurice Sendak

Art has always been my salvation.

— Maurice Sendak

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

— Maurice Sendak

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.

— Maurice Sendak

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.

— Maurice Sendak

What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe.

— Maurice Sendak

How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it

— Maurice Sendak

When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.

— Maurice Sendak

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'

— Maurice Sendak

Inside all of us is HOPE. Inside all of us is FEAR. Inside all of us is ADVENTURE. Inside all of us…

— Maurice Sendak

Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.

— Maurice Sendak

“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I'm not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die…

— Maurice Sendak

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the…

— Maurice Sendak

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

— Maurice Sendak