"Herman Melville said that artists have to take……" — Maurice Sendak

"Herman Melville said that artists have to take a dive and either you hit your head on a rock and you split your skull and you die … or that blow to the head is so inspiring that you come back and do the best work that you ever did. BUT you have to take the dive and you do not know what the results will be."

— Maurice Sendak

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