I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course. Maira Kalman More Quotes by Maira Kalman More Quotes From Maira Kalman I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten. Maira Kalman lunchmothernames It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically. Maira Kalman hoursimpossiblereality The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas. Maira Kalman homebookideas I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor. Maira Kalman broodingsense-of-humormen I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor. Maira Kalman sense-of-humortoughknows Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk - lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud? Maira Kalman optimisticstrugglesorry Every Monday morning is new hope. Maira Kalman monday-morningmondaymorning My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music. Maira Kalman designerartschool Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness. Maira Kalman kindnessintegritymen I said, 'Well, how much space do I have?' And they said, 'Well, you know, it's the Internet.' Maira Kalman internetspacesaid I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice. Maira Kalman likemomentyoupermanent I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.' Maira Kalman standendbeginningyou If I could never work again and I could just listen to music and walk, I'd be very, very happy. Maira Kalman walkmusicworkhappy My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes. Maira Kalman mewomenmotherfather There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk. Maira Kalman i-amgoodmusichappy I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement. Maira Kalman stopi-amalwaysachievement It is impossible to know what fate will bring. If you love to write or paint, you will keep on writing or painting, and things will either work out or not, and you just have to keep being in the process. Maira Kalman youpaintingworklove I truly believe there's always a solution to every problem. Maira Kalman solutionalwaysproblembelieve I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it. Maira Kalman anyunderstandpoliticsbelieve
