Maira Kalman
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Maira Kalman
Maira Kalmanis an American illustrator, writer, artist, and designer. Her work most widely held in WorldCat libraries is Fireboat: the heroic adventures of the John J. Harvey, a picture book she both wrote and illustrated. It won the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction in 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Maira Kalman quotes about
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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.
limes brushes pencil-sharpeners
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.
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My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.