Jim Henson Quotes

I really began to appreciate puppetry [while doing Sam and Friends].

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too.

(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.

life is a kind of Labyrinth, with all its twists and turns, its straight paths and its occasional dead ends.

I always felt that I was not a part of things in general. I've always been outside of things.

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.

There are people who think that we should never reveal anything, never show puppeteers and all of that. It tends to be something that parents worry about more than kids, because kids work just at face value.

The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.

I've always thought that science fiction films set in our world have always rung false.

We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.

Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me

I really do believe that all of you are at the beginning of a wonderful journey. As you start traveling down that road of life, remember this: There are never enough comfort stops. The places you're going to are never on the map. And once you get that map out, you won't be able to re-fold it no matter how smart you are.

So forget the map, roll down the windows, and whenever you can pull over and have picnic with a pig. And if you can help it never fly as cargo.

Watch out for the icy patch