Quotes by Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.

Brushes

Desks

Limes

Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk – lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud?

Optimistic

Sorry

Struggle

The book. Calming object. Held in the hand.

Book

Calming

Hands

The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It’s an unending source of visuals and ideas.

Book

Home

Ideas

The tears are invisible. I’m in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I’m sure that it’s going to be a complete disaster. I’m going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet earth.

Earth

Jobs

Tears

Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact.

Anecdotes

Confusion

Facts

We could speak about the meaning of life vis-a-vis non-consequential/deontological theories, apodictic transformation schemata, the incoherence of exemplification, metaphysical realism, Cartesian interactive dualism, revised non reductive dualism, postmodernist grammatology and dicey dichotomies. But we would still be left with Nietzsche’s preposterous mustache which instills great anguish and skepticism in the brain, which leads (as it did in his case) to utter madness. I suggest we go to Paris instead.

Brain

Mustache

Paris

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? … Work and love.

And Love

Loss

Sadness

Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.

Brain

Empty

Wonderful

You’d have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It’s completely impossible not to.

Artist

Crazy

Impossible

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Advice

And Love

Anecdotes

Art

Artist

Attention

Book

Brain

Brooding

Brushes

Calm

Calming

Confusion

Crazy

Cute

Designer

Desks

Diversity

Doe

Dream

Earth

Empty

Etching

Facts

Fax Machines

Flower

Funny Food

Glasses

Glory

Hands

Home

Hours

Ideas

Impossible

Ink

Insightful

Integrity

Internet

Jobs

Kindness

Knows

Light

Limes

Loss

Lunch

Men

Mistake

Monday

Monday Morning

Morning

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Quotes by Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.

Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk – lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud?

The book. Calming object. Held in the hand.

The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It’s an unending source of visuals and ideas.

The tears are invisible. I’m in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I’m sure that it’s going to be a complete disaster. I’m going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet earth.

Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact.

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? … Work and love.

Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.

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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