Maurice Sendak Quotes

I became a set designer for opera.
Maurice Sendak

Opera, Designer

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
Maurice Sendak

Love, Music, Great

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man.
Maurice Sendak

Old, Typical, Turned

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.
Maurice Sendak

Young, Old, Minutes

I cry a lot because I miss people.
Maurice Sendak

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could.
Maurice Sendak

Best, Around, Nobody

I didn't have much confidence in myself... never.
Maurice Sendak

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
Maurice Sendak

Children, Remember, Books

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.
Maurice Sendak

Again, Brother, Expect

I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.
Maurice Sendak

God, Kids, Thank

I don't need faith.
Maurice Sendak

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.
Maurice Sendak

Children, Someone, Write

I feel extremely vulnerable.
Maurice Sendak

Vulnerable, Extremely

I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.
Maurice Sendak

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.
Maurice Sendak

State, House, Constant

I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.
Maurice Sendak

Made, Brother, Childhood

I hate people.
Maurice Sendak

I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.
Maurice Sendak

Future, Hate, May

I have a good life.
Maurice Sendak

I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better.
Maurice Sendak

Strong, Sexy, Woman

I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'
Maurice Sendak

Idiot, Name, Says

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person.
Maurice Sendak

Beautiful, Book, Person

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.
Maurice Sendak

Money, Power, Mean

I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?
Maurice Sendak

Children, Question, Survive

I refuse to lie to children.
Maurice Sendak

Children, Lie, Refuse

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: June 10, 1928

Died: May 8, 2012

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