Maurice Sendak Quotes

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

Another thing that seems quite helpful to the creative process is having babies. It does not detract at all from one's creativity. It reminds one that there is always more where that came from and there is never any shortage of ideas or of the ability to create. The process of being pregnant and then of having the baby and getting up in the night only puts one more in touch with this fecund part of one's self.

It's funny, because I sometimes feel that I'm most creative when I'm pregnant.

As any mom knows, having a baby is an extremely creative act and to love and create a baby, it's on par with any other creative act that we could come up with.

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction...All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland...I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around...Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be like that. If you did, there's no way you would go through with it.

It's a very nice thing to have a baby.

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

The hardest part is not to repeat yourself. I don't really believe my core obsessions are going to change, but you need to look for ways to express them that are different. The main reason for doing that is not to bore yourself, and obviously, I don't want to bore readers.

I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup, but still amazing nonetheless. I would have another one.

I love pregnancy and the bump and the whole thing.

Anyone who does anything creative is always gonna want to change.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

I enjoy trying to inspire myself. I enjoy the artistic side of everything. Music, art, fashion, everything. I just like to be on the cutting edge of it. I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

I want a baby and I want a family, for sure.

There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.

I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth.

Every creative story is different. And yet every creative story is the same: There was nothing, now there is something. It's almost like magic.

A playwright can drop a little acid in the water and it washes away a lot of rust.

I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

It is a beautiful thing to witness when my kids ask about the baby in my belly whenever I have been pregnant.