--- title: "20 Want Quotes By Maurice Sendak" description: "20 Want quotes by Maurice Sendak. Plus more from Maurice Sendak and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/maurice-sendak-1273_want_we-all-want-to-be-renewed-don-t-we-19215_1921537.jpg" --- > [We all want to be renewed, don't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/we-all-want-to-be-renewed-don-t-we/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/maurice-sendak-1273_want_we-all-want-to-be-renewed-don-t-we-19215_1921537.jpg) > [I don't want to lose hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-don-t-want-to-lose-hope/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/maurice-sendak-1273_hope_i-don-t-want-to-lose-hope-1727689_1727689.jpg) > [You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/you-don-t-want-to-do-something-that-s-all-terrifying/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/maurice-sendak-1273_want_you-don-t-want-to-do-something-that-s-al_1812961.jpg) > [I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-want-to-write-something-so-simple-so-short-and-so-silly-and-i-want/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/maurice-sendak-1273_brother_i-want-to-write-something-so-simple-so-s_1802112.jpg) > [There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/there-should-be-a-place-where-only-the-things-you-want-to-happen/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/maurice-sendak-1273_happen_there-should-be-a-place-where-only-the-t_701787.jpg) > [I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-want-to-see-me-to-the-end-working-living-for-myself-ripeness-is-all/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/maurice-sendak-1273_ends_i-want-to-see-me-to-the-end-working-livi_2226770.jpg) > [You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/you-can-start-making-up-any-kind-of-story-if-you-want-to/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/maurice-sendak-1273_art-making_you-can-start-making-up-any-kind-of-stor_1063887.jpg) > [It is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage. That you lose hope. I don't want to lose hope. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/it-is-such-an-abundance-of-idiocy-that-you-lose-courage-that-you-lose/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/maurice-sendak-1273_abundance_it-is-such-an-abundance-of-idiocy-that-y_232585.jpg) > [We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/we-re-supposed-to-do-all-these-things-which-trouble-us-deeply-because/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/maurice-sendak-1273_against_we-re-supposed-to-do-all-these-things-wh_1902604.jpg) > [Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/most-children-i-know-i-did-when-i-was-a-kid-fantasize-another-set-of-2/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/maurice-sendak-1273_about_most-children-i-know-i-did-when-i-was-a_3012093.jpg) > [I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-mean-being-a-child-was-being-a-child-was-being-a-creature-without/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/maurice-sendak-1273_being_i-mean-being-a-child-was-being-a-child-w_3135426.jpg) > [I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-think-there-is-something-barbaric-in-children-and-it-s-missing-in/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/maurice-sendak-1273_barbaric_i-think-there-is-something-barbaric-in-c_1585478.jpg) > [I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-remember-how-much-when-i-was-a-small-boy-i-was-taken-to-see-a/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/maurice-sendak-1273_boys_i-remember-how-much-when-i-was-a-small-b_1003831.jpg) > [ I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what \[Giuseppe\] Verdi did, which is to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-thought-that-if-i-were-going-into-old-age-i-would-want-to-do-what/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/maurice-sendak-1273_age_i-thought-that-if-i-were-going-into-old_866054.jpg) > [I want to be free again. I want to be free like when I was a kid, working with my brother and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-want-to-be-free-again-i-want-to-be-free-like-when-i-was-a-kid/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/maurice-sendak-1273_airplane_i-want-to-be-free-again-i-want-to-be-fre_1637461.jpg) > [When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/when-i-did-bumble-ardy-i-was-so-intensely-aware-of-death-eugene-my/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/maurice-sendak-1273_death_when-i-did-bumble-ardy-i-was-so-intensel_3049927.jpg) > [I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-want-to-be-alone-and-work-until-the-day-my-heads-hits-the-drawing/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/maurice-sendak-1273_brother_i-want-to-be-alone-and-work-until-the-da_1219047.jpg) > [Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/certainly-we-want-to-protect-our-children-from-new-and-painful-2/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/maurice-sendak-1273_anxiety_certainly-we-want-to-protect-our-childre_1932668.jpg) > [I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-said-anything-i-wanted-because-i-don-t-believe-in-children-i-don-t/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/maurice-sendak-1273_believe_i-said-anything-i-wanted-because-i-don-t_662733.jpg) > [Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/most-children-i-know-i-did-when-i-was-a-kid-fantasize-another-set-of/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/maurice-sendak-1273_children_most-children-i-know-i-did-when-i-was-a_566349.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Maurice Sendak > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-never-thought-of-bumble-ardy-in-that-way-but-i-still-have-that-same/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-was-a-very-sickly-child-my-parents-were-immigrants-they-were-not/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/the-distinctions-of-fine-art-bore-me-to-death/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/the-fan-mail-i-get-from-kids-are-asking-me-questions-which-they-do/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda stopped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/may-i-ask-what-you-have-in-your-black-leather-bag-with-gold-buckles/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-grew-up-in-a-house-that-was-in-a-constant-state-of-mourning/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/illustrations-have-as-much-to-say-as-the-text-the-trick-is-to-say-the/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [I'm a lucky buck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-m-a-lucky-buck/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-ve-convinced-myself-i-hope-i-m-right-that-children-despair-of-you/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [It's no fun being lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/it-s-no-fun-being-lonely/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/it-dawned-on-me-that-art-was-the-way-i-could-survive/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [I cry a lot because I miss people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-cry-a-lot-because-i-miss-people/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/you-cannot-write-for-children-they-re-much-too-complicated-you-can/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/all-i-liked-to-do-when-i-was-a-kid-was-draw/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) > [I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-m-still-as-enamored-and-turned-on-by-work-as-i-was-when-i-was-young/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/maurice-sendak/#itemlist", "name": "20 Want Quotes By Maurice Sendak", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { 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