Business
L e s s on
Jim Henson
t h e l at e e n t r e pr e n e u r a n d M a s t e r M u ppe t e e r
“Many of the things I’ve done in my life
have basically been self-taught. I think we,
as the Muppets, broke new ground because
we approached puppetry from a different
angle. I had never worked with puppets
when I was a kid, and even when I began on
television I really didn’t know what I was
doing. I’m sure that this was a good thing,
because I learned as I tackled each problem.
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.”
The life and work of the creative genius is celebrated this
month with the publication of Jim Henson: The Biography, by Brian Jay Jones.
IllusTraTIon By MelInda JosIe
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Spirit Magazine - September 2013