At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
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