Maurice Sendak Spontaneity Quotations

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.

If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.

We’ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren’t. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they’re really protecting themselves. Besides, you can’t protect children. They know everything.