If you're making it up, make it up good. And then believe in what you made up. Maurice Sendak More Quotes by Maurice Sendak More Quotes From Maurice Sendak I became a set designer for opera. Maurice Sendak operadesigner I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard. Maurice Sendak yearsartthinking I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I feel very much like I want to be with my brother and sister again. They're nowhere. I know they're nowhere and they don't exist, but if nowhere means that's where they are, that's where I want to be. Maurice Sendak drawingbrothermean If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up. Maurice Sendak growing-upsecretchildren Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong. Maurice Sendak trickychildhood I don't know how to write a children's book. Maurice Sendak writingbookchildren I stress character, character, character. Maurice Sendak stresscharacter I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. Maurice Sendak childhoodbookchildren I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist. Maurice Sendak artistwantedbook When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. Maurice Sendak purposeroomsneeds Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice. Maurice Sendak ricechickenssoup Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing. Maurice Sendak wild-thingsadventure I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. Maurice Sendak conjunctionswild-thingspurpose The magic of childhood is the strangeness of childhood — the uniqueness that makes us see things that other people don't see. Maurice Sendak childhoodmagicpeople I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction. Maurice Sendak reductionbelievechildren Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift. Maurice Sendak emeraldslovelyrabbits Art has always been my salvation. Maurice Sendak salvationart Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely. Maurice Sendak swallowinglove-isthinking I have been doodling with ink and watercolor on paper all my life. It's my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I find hidden in my head. I call the results dream pictures, fantasy sketches, and even brain-sharpenin g exercises. Maurice Sendak imaginationdreamexercise I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. Maurice Sendak emblemsmickeychildren
