"Things come to you without you necessarily knowing……" — Maurice Sendak
"Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean."
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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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God is best known in not knowing him.
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to…
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Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that,…
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