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 000bookhome Change image and share on social
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 artartistdesigner Change image and share on social
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 insightfulinsipidminute Change image and share on social
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 artistcompletelycrazy Change image and share on social
I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement. Maira Kalman achievementeventfix Change image and share on social
It is impossible to know what fate will bring. If you love to write or paint, you will keep on writing or painting, and things will either work out or not, and you just have to keep being in the process. Maira Kalman bringfateimpossible share on social
My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place. Maira Kalman allowattentiondiversity Change image and share on social
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 brushdeskdry Change image and share on social
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 bachfuguegood Change image and share on social
I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it. Maira Kalman politicunderstand Change image and share on social
