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Maira Kalman quotes: I truly believe there's always a solution to every problem.

I truly believe there's always a solution to every problem.

Maira Kalman quotes: The book. Calming object. Held in the hand.

The book. Calming object. Held in the hand.

Maira Kalman quotes: The ability to take a walk from one point to the next point, that is half the battle won.

The ability to take a walk from one point to the next point, that is half the battle won.

Maira Kalman quotes: I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.

I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.

Maira Kalman quotes: Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.

Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.

Maira Kalman quotes: Isn't that the only way to curate a life? To live among things that make you gasp with delight?

Isn't that the only way to curate a life? To live among things that make you gasp with delight?

Maira Kalman quotes: 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 quotes: Go out and walk. That is the glory of life,

Go out and walk. That is the glory of life,

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

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

Maira Kalman quotes: 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 quotes: I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.

I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.

Maira Kalman quotes: Jump right in, or wade in slowly.Advantage to one, it's over quickly.Advantage to the other, it isn't.

Jump right in, or wade in slowly.
Advantage to one, it's over quickly.
Advantage to the other, it isn't.

Maira Kalman quotes: My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.

My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.

Maira Kalman quotes: 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

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 quotes: If something does go wrong, here is my advice ... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

If something does go wrong, here is my advice ... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

Maira Kalman quotes: 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 quotes: I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.

I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.

Maira Kalman quotes: Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

Maira Kalman quotes: I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten.

I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: I have many questions, but no patience to think them through.

I have many questions, but no patience to think them through.

Maira Kalman quotes: Oh, Tocqueville, you're the man.

Oh, Tocqueville, you're the man.

Maira Kalman quotes: It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.

It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.

Maira Kalman quotes: Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

Maira Kalman quotes: You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.

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

Maira Kalman quotes: If you go too fast you might not notice everything. On the other hand, you don't want to be late.

If you go too fast you might not notice everything. On the other hand, you don't want to be late.

Maira Kalman quotes: Useless and precious objects. Taking up space. Taking up time.

Useless and precious objects. Taking up space. Taking up time.

Maira Kalman quotes: 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 quotes: Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact.

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

Maira Kalman quotes: I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

Maira Kalman quotes: 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 quotes: Some people, surely, die on the way to something. Then we call them the late so-and-so.

Some people, surely, die on the way to something.
Then we call them the late so-and-so.