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Maurice Sendak Quotes

1928–2012 United States

Maurice Bernard Sendak (10 June 1928 – 8 May 2012) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature.

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27 quotes

I'm here to take note of. And that is beyond my ego, beyond anything that belongs to me, an observer, an observer.

NOW interview (2004)

Art has always been my salvation.

NOW interview (2004)

My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative. And also, I want to be free again.

NOW interview (2004)

Hitler made a film about "Hitler gives a camp to the Jews". And they look all shiny. And they're drawing. And they're playing volleyball. And people are dancing. And people are having a wonderful time. And everybody fell for it.

NOW interview (2004)

I was talking about kids I knew and me.

NOW interview (2004)

I'm telling what it was like for me. And I know it was not unique for me.

NOW interview (2004)

I'm not Hans Christian Andersen. Nobody's gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won't have it, okay?

NOW interview (2004)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maurice Sendak (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.