"It's only adults who read the top layers……" — Maurice Sendak
"It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything."
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146 Quotes by Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak has 146 quotes on this site.
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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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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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