49 Maurice Sendak Quotes for You to Enjoy

Maurice Sendak

American Artist

Born: Jun 10, 1928

Died: May 8, 2012

Children Life Me Parents Work You

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I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent. Maurice Sendak

Fact Shape Look Pigs Always Intelligent Loved Them

Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong. Maurice Sendak

Business Tricky Something Wrong Goes Childhood

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

Made Savior Brother Bearable Had Childhood Who

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar. Maurice Sendak

Life Mom You Liar Parents Think Typical Kid Kids Tell About Lead Know Most Another Real Private Private Life Very Child Did Children Want Fantasize Mom And Dad Dad Set

To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time. Maurice Sendak

Time You Trust Tell Lies Adult Tales Know Because Very Child Get May Used Hard Hard Thing Believing Thing

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father. Maurice Sendak

Mother Father Stupid Scariest Written Stories Psychotic Ever

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

Man Old Believe Typical Old Man Turned

The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been. Maurice Sendak

Crazy World Been Twice Ever

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. Maurice Sendak

I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter. Maurice Sendak

I'm sick of 'Wild Things.' Maurice Sendak

Sick Wild Things

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. Maurice Sendak

Death You Thought Parents Kid Tell About Your

You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too. Maurice Sendak

You Be Happy Happy Too Write Masterpieces Your

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? Maurice Sendak

Love You Mother Father Parents Live Critical Seemed Direction Most Without Always Test Loss Child Confronted

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

Life Work Me Live Gave Secret Frank Critical My Friend Purpose Could Adult Anne Make Because Vulnerable Were Friend Up Die Children Wanted Them Grow Grow Up

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

State Constant House Up Mourning Grew

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

I became a set designer for opera. Maurice Sendak

Opera Became Designer Set Set Designer

Kids lead a very private life. Maurice Sendak

Life Kids Lead Private Private Life Very

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