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Maira Kalman

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Quotes by Maira Kalman

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The pieces I chose were based on one thing only – a gasp of delight. Isn’t that the only way to curate a life?
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I don’t want to trudge up insane mountains or through war-torn lands. Just a nice stroll through the hill and dale. But now I walk everywhere in the city. Any city. You see everything you need to see in a lifetime. Every emotion. Every condition. Every fashion. Every glory.
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The ability to take a walk from one point to the next point, that is half the battle won.
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If you go too fast you might not notice everything. On the other hand, you don’t want to be late.
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Isn’t that the only way to curate a life? To live among things that make you gasp with delight?
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I read obituaries first thing in the morning. With a cup of coffee. This is NOT MORBID. Just epic. Maybe it’s a way of trying to figure out, before the day begins, what is important. And I am curious about all the little things that make up life. Little?
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don’t know if he had such a sense of humor.
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I said, ‘Well, how much space do I have?’ And they said, ‘Well, you know, it’s the Internet.’
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It’s almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.
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You’d have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It’s completely impossible not to.
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