"Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely…" — Maurice Sendak
"Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift."
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146 Quotes by Maurice Sendak
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As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I…
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I would infinitely prefer a daughter.
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I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of…
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I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But…
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There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm…
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It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to…
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Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not…
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I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing,…
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I'm totally crazy, I know that. I don't say that to be a smartass, but I know that that's the…
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I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'
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I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.
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As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of…
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More Emeralds Quotes
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The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
— L. Frank Baum
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I love San Francisco so much. I call it the Emerald City and have been coming here since 1992. I…
— Andy Cohen
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I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.
— Tori Amos
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My God, it was like the Emerald City, and as you got closer you'd pick up your pace, and you'd…
— Joe Flaherty
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emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the…
— Anne Sexton
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They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you…
— Pablo Picasso
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The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I…
— Doris Lessing
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The Mask "Put off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes." "O no, my dear, you make so bold…
— William Butler Yeats
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Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft, grey fog of the Emerald Isle.…
— Frederick Douglass
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No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Cobalt is a divine color and there is nothing as fine for putting an atmosphere round things. Carmine is the…
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Science has discovered much. The engineering is wonderful, epicycles and all. And yet, as we look at this vast, elaborate…
— Walker Evans
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