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What did Dr. Seuss say about being yourself? What did Dr Seuss say about memories?

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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, and lived until September 24, 1991, and was an American children’s author and cartoonist.

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He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss His work includes many of the most popular children’s books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.

Geisel adopted the name “Dr. Seuss” as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and as a graduate student at Lincoln College, Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.

Photo Credit: Dr. Seuss Book List for Kids: Over 60 Books by Dr. Seuss/ABC’s of Literacy

He also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for FLIT and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM.

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He published his first children’s book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children’s literature to illustrate political cartoons, and he also worked in the animation and film department of the United States Army where he wrote, produced, or animated many productions including Design for Death, which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.

What did Dr. Seuss say about being yourself?

“Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”

What did Dr. Seuss say about memories?

“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”


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