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I'm telling what it was like for me. And I know it was not unique for me. (Maurice Sendak)
I've had kids express themselves as they are, impolitely, lovingly - they don't mean any harm. They just don't know what the right way is. And as it turns out sometimes the so-called "right way" is utterly the wrong way. View quote
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You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely. All the idiots that keep coming into the world and wrecking people's lives. View quote
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And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all. View quote
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I'll eat you up! View quote
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Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. View quote
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Let the wild rumpus start! View quote
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In other words, you must not waste a second of this deliciousness which for him was life and being a great poet. That you savor every, everything that happened. I want to get ripe. View quote
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He saw it, he loved it, he ate it. View quote
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Scares the bejesus out of people and makes them hate him. Because he's so [[good.]. View quote
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I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. "Ripeness is all." Now, interpreting what ripeness is our own individual problem. (Maurice Sendak)
I was talking about kids I knew and me. View quote
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I'm here to take note of. And that is beyond my ego, beyond anything that belongs to me, an observer, an observer. View quote
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Herman Melville is a god. ... I cherish what he did. He was a genius. View quote
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We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. View quote
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I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' View quote
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It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive. View quote
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I'm not afraid of death. View quote
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I stress character, character, character. View quote
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I didn't have much confidence in myself... never. View quote
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I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels. (Maurice Sendak)
I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy. View quote
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Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment. View quote
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I would infinitely prefer a daughter. View quote
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The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been. View quote
Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak

Occupation: American Artist
Born: June 10, 1928
Died: May 8, 2012
Quotes count: 162
Wikipedia: Maurice Sendak

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