I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Then one day my sister abandoned me at the 1939 World's Fair, and that incident is the essence of In the Night… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
One of the beauties of being an artist is that you can create a whole new world, with circumstances that are better… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready, I'm… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is. — 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
A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I want to be free again. I want to be free like when I was a kid, working with my brother and… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest. — 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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