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.

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

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

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of...

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of...

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

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

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college...

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college...

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

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

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work...

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work...

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with...

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with...

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

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

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number...

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number...

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird...

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird...

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably...

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably...

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and...

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and...

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made...

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made...

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so...

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so...

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And...

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And...

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television...

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television...