Jim Henson Quotes

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.
Jim Henson

Key, Permanent, Detroit

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.
Jim Henson

School, Small, College

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.
Jim Henson

Friends, Before, After

Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television.
Jim Henson

Time, Together, Pretty

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.
Jim Henson

Time, Remember, Working

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing.
Jim Henson

Giving, Give, Understand

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: September 24, 1936

Died: May 16, 1990

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