“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“How do we actually know that these sentences coming out of our mouths are real stories, are real sentences?”
— Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman, the illustrated woman
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“I don’t like plots. I don’t know what a plot means. I can’t stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning — you know, ‘beginning, middle and end.’”
— Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman, the illustrated woman
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“I happen to be alive, end of discussion.”
— Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman, the illustrated woman
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“I said, ‘Well, how much space do I have?’ And they said, ‘Well, you know, it’s the Internet.’”
— Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman, the illustrated woman
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