Maira Kalman
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
eccentric information unless
I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.
plot starts
I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.'
fixed
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.
flee
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.
home inspiring objects source unending visuals volumes
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.
bach good listen music record
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.
confusion facts anecdotes
Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact.
snacks solace tasty
Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.
advice doe calm
if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.
smart profound insightful
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.
notebook dream travel
My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance.
book hands calming
The book. Calming object. Held in the hand.
reality impossible hours
It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.
book home 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.