Maurice Sendak Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)
Maurice Sendak quotes and sayings page 6 (deceased artist born on Jun 10, 1928). Here's quote # 51 through 60 out of the 109 we have for him.
“The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been.”
“I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.”
“I would infinitely prefer a daughter.”
“Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'”
“'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.”
“As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.”
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