Quotes by Jim Henson

About Jim Henson:

James Maury was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, actor, film director, and producer. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and Hyattsville, Maryland, he began developing puppets while attending high school. While he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, he created Sam and Friends, a five-minute sketch-comedy puppet show that appeared on television. After graduating from the University of Maryland, with a degree in home economics, he produced coffee advertisements and developed experimental films. Feeling the need for more creative output, Henson founded Muppets, Inc., in 1958 (which would later become The Jim Henson Company).
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At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Jim Henson

[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

Jim Henson

Sometimes I have trouble falling asleep but it's not so bad I don't worry and I don't weep. In fact I'm glad. Because I get up off my pillow and I flip on the light. I get down and get hip in the still of the night I stretch and I yawn and then I bre...

Jim Henson

I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.

Jim Henson

Moving right along In search of good times And good news, With good friends you can't lose. This could become a habit. Opportunity just knocked, Let's reach out and grab it, Together we'll nab it, We'll hitch-hike, bus, or yellow cab it.

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I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems

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

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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.

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Here's some simple advice: Always be yourself. Never take yourself to seriously. And beware of advice from experts, pigs, and members of Parliament.

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I know that it's easier to portray a world that's filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence. What's a whole lot tougher is to offer alternatives, to present other ways conflicts can be resolved, and to show that you can ...

Jim Henson

There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.

Jim Henson

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

Jim Henson

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

Jim Henson

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.

Jim Henson

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world.

Jim Henson

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends.

Jim Henson

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Jim Henson

There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.

Jim Henson

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

Jim Henson

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.

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Author Bio

  • NameJim Henson
  • Description1936-1990, American puppeteer, Screenwriter, Film Director and Producer
  • AliasesJames Maury "Jim" Henson
  • BornSeptember 24, 1936
  • DiedMay 16, 1990
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Director; Film Director; Film Producer; Voice Actor; Puppeteer; Actor
  • AwardsPeabody Award; Emmy Award