My sister had her own room. She also had innumerable boyfriends. I had a yo-yo collection that was beyond belief, and the… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
[Drawing] and making things was all we ever did. My brother and I built the entire New York World's Fair of 1939… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
It was a very difficult time. I was working on [umble-Ardy] when my partner and friend was dying of cancer. We set… — 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
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![“[Drawing] and making things was all we ever did. My brother and I built the entire New York World's Fair of 1939 in miniature out of wax. The floor of our room was covered with little waxen buildings. Nobody else could come in.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72b/maurice-sendak-1273_brother_drawing-and-making-things-was-all-we-eve_1540332.jpg)
![“It was a very difficult time. I was working on [umble-Ardy] when my partner and friend was dying of cancer. We set up a room in the house to be like a hospital room. Eugene died, and then I had bypass surgery. I was doing the book to stay sane while all this was going on.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/546/maurice-sendak-1273_book_it-was-a-very-difficult-time-i-was-worki_2340683.jpg)
