"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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Source : "Maira Kalman's show at Jewish Museum". Interview with Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. July 1, 2010.

Maira Kalman

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“Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.”
“I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.”
“For me, if I don't know how to express it with words, I do it with music.”
“If you look at what Ben Affleck has gone on to do, as an actor and as a director, it's extraordinary. But if you look back at his career, I don't think it's surprising. From Good Will Hunting on down, the guy is a monster talent, and I think talent wins out, in the end. There's always the ebb and flow of any career, but I think talent wins out, in the end.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.”
“Music was not invented by the composer, but found.”
“Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content in the deep conviction that the offer I traveled 22,000 miles to discuss with Indian leaders was a real contribution to a solution of our differences.”
“One's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on one's shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it.”

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