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Top 70 Jim Henson Quotes (2025 Update)
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Jim Henson Quote: “I don’t know exactly where ideas come from, it’s just a matter of us figuring out how to receive the ideas waiting to be heard.”

51. “I don’t know exactly where ideas come from, it’s just a matter of us figuring out how to receive the ideas waiting to be heard.”

Jim Henson Quote: “You’re assisting the audience to understand; you’re giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don’t give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it’s almost more pure. It’s a cooler thing.”

52. “You’re assisting the audience to understand; you’re giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don’t give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it’s almost more pure. It’s a cooler thing.”

Jim Henson Quote: “I’ve never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we’re all friends; we’re all good friends.”

53. “I’ve never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we’re all friends; we’re all good friends.”

Jim Henson Quote: “I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.”

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

Jim Henson Quote: “When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children’s programming.”

55. “When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children’s programming.”

Jim Henson Quote: “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.”

56. “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 Quote: “If you take a character and you call him a frog, or like Rowlf, our dog, call him a dog, you immediately give the audience a handle.”

57. “If you take a character and you call him a frog, or like Rowlf, our dog, call him a dog, you immediately give the audience a handle.”

Jim Henson Quote: “Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key – probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.”

58. “Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key – probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.”

Jim Henson Quote: “Actually the copies of characters is something I don’t particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there’s only one.”

59. “Actually the copies of characters is something I don’t particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there’s only one.”

Jim Henson Quote: “Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends – a few months after I started working.”

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

Jim Henson Quote: “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.”

61. “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 Quote: “I think my own strengths are in television production.”

62. “I think my own strengths are in television production.”

Jim Henson Quote: “No, there’s not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody’s working their own style.”

63. “No, there’s not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody’s working their own style.”

Jim Henson Quote: “Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.”

64. “Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.”

Jim Henson Quote: “I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you’re right.”

65. “I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you’re right.”

Jim Henson Quote: “If anything, there’s a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US.”

66. “If anything, there’s a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US.”

Jim Henson Quote: “I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.”

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

Jim Henson Quote: “Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.”

68. “Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.”

Jim Henson Quote: “Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.”

69. “Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.”

Jim Henson Quote: “Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling. May each of yours be that – having each of you as a child of mine has certainly been one of the good things in my life. Know that I’ve always loved each of you with an eternal, bottomless love. A love that has nothing to do with each other, for I feel my love for each of you is total and all-encompassing. Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It’s a good life, enjoy it.”

70. “Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling. May each of yours be that – having each of you as a child of mine has certainly been one of the good things in my life. Know that I’ve always loved each of you with an eternal, bottomless love. A love that has nothing to do with each other, for I feel my love for each of you is total and all-encompassing. Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It’s a good life, enjoy it.”

Jim Henson Quote: “At the time of Polaroid – and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff – at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.”

71. “At the time of Polaroid – and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff – at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.”

Jim Henson Quote: “I think there are lots of ways of leading very good lives and growing spiritually. This process of growth goes on whether we believe it or not.”

72. “I think there are lots of ways of leading very good lives and growing spiritually. This process of growth goes on whether we believe it or not.”

Jim Henson Quote: “I think it’s not particularly necessary to lead a religious life. People progress just as well in music, or art, or math or science or gardening or whatever. It all seems to work as well and the process is good.”

73. “I think it’s not particularly necessary to lead a religious life. People progress just as well in music, or art, or math or science or gardening or whatever. It all seems to work as well and the process is good.”

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