““Jim Henson's body was gone, and yet that powerful presence-that undefinable 'something' that compelled men to seek his appreciation and approval, and that women found somehow irresistible-would always remain. Anyone who had ever smiled as Ernie tried to play a rhyming game with Bert, or laughed as Kermit had chased Fozzie off the stage, arms flailing, had felt it. Anyone who had ever wished they could explore a Fraggle hole, save the world with a crystal shard, or dance with a charismatic goblin king had been touched by it.””
![“[Henson:] I didn’t call him a frog. [Interviewer:] Right, he was just Kermit the thing. [Henson:] Yeah, all the characters in those days were abstract because that was part of the principle I was working under.… I still like very much the abstract characters and some of those abstract characters I…” quote by Elizabeth Hyde Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3db/elizabeth-hyde-stevens-42422_quote_henson-i-didn-t-call-him-a-frog-intervie_725988.jpg)
![“It is our responsibility to keep telling these tales--to tell them in a way that they teach and entertain and give meaning to our lives,' he [Jim] said later. 'This is not merely an obligation, it's something we must do because we love doing it.” quote by Brian Jay Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/365/brian-jay-jones-43390_creativity_it-is-our-responsibility-to-keep-telling_1516865.jpg)
![“When Jim left the planet so suddenly, all of us who loved him, worked with him, were inspired by him, gathered in New York City. We were like dandelion seeds clinging to the stem and to each other. And on May 16th, [the day Jim died] the wind began to blow. There’s no stem any more. We’re all…” quote by Brian Jay Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ff/brian-jay-jones-43390_dandelion-seeds_when-jim-left-the-planet-so-suddenly-all_2300895.jpg)
