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    Maurice Sendak

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    I cry a lot because I miss people. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #cry #i #lot #miss #people

    I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #around #best #could #did #how

    I didn't have much confidence in myself... never. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #i #much #myself #never

    I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #books #childhood #children #exposed #i

    I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #again #believe #brother #expect #fully

    I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #god #i #kids #never #thank

    I don't need faith. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #i #need

    I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #i #i write #says #someone #write

    I feel extremely vulnerable. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak

    #feel #i #i feel #vulnerable

    A book is a book is a book. ↗


    — Maurice Sendak






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    Marcus) ISBN 0-06-023625-6
    Swine Lake (by James Marshall) (1999)
    Brundibár (by Tony Kushner) (2003)
    Sarah's Room (by Doris Orgel) (2003)
    The Happy Rain (by Jack Sendak) (2004)
    Bears! (by Ruth Krauss) (2005)


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    The Art of Maurice Sendak (by Selma G. The citation called him "the modern picture-book's portal figure" and the presentation credited Where the Wild Things Are with "all at once [revolutionizing] the entire picture-book narrative. He decided to become an illustrator after watching Walt Disney's film Fantasia at the age of twelve.

    Maurice Bernard Sendak (/ˈsɛndæk/; June 10 1928 – May 8 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He was best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are first publiMaurice Sendakd in 1963.

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