Maurice Sendak Quote

One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone, something happens: The body gets old but the creative mechanism is refreshed, smoothed and oiled and honed. That is the grace. That is the splendid grace. And I think that is what's happening to me.

As quoted in "Interview: Why Is Maurice Sendak So Incredibly Angry?" by Leonard S. Marcus in Parenting (October 1993); also in Ways of Telling : Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book (2002) by Leonard S. Marcus, p. 181

One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone,...

One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone,...

One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone,...

One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone,...