Author: Maira Kalman

Quotes

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.

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.

- Maira Kalman

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.

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.

- Maira Kalman

I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.

I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.

- Maira Kalman

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

- Maira Kalman

My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music.

My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music.

- Maira Kalman

My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.

My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.

- Maira Kalman

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

- Maira Kalman

If I could never work again and I could just listen to music and walk, I'd be very, very happy.

If I could never work again and I could just listen to music and walk, I'd be very, very happy.

- Maira Kalman

There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.

There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.

- Maira Kalman

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