Al Hirschfeld quotes
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“Life is an art, not a science. You make it up as you go along.”
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“Try to distill the character of your subject. Understand how he moves, thinks, acts. It's difficult to put into words. Consider each drawing as a problem that did not exist before, and then try to solve that problem to the best of your ability. That i what caricature is all about”
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“Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.”
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“I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented. I just don't think that everybody is disciplined. I think that's a rare commodity.”
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“The opening-night audience is mostly friends of the cast and backers of the show, and they cometo applaud their money.”
-- Al HirschfeldSource : 1988 In the NewYork Times, 21 Jun.
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“Iwas a sculptor.Butthat'sreallydrawinga drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing.”
-- Al HirschfeldSource : 1988 In the NewYork Times, 21 Jun. 85th birthday interview.
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“I never know what to tell young people when they come here. It could never happen for anyone they way it happened for me. It was all an accident.”
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“You learn your limitations and then you try to work within them.”
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“Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go.”
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“You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested in the present.”
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“You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.”
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“Writers who drew, they all seemed to draw the same way. They managed to keep that childlike creativity in their line.”
-- Al HirschfeldSource : Of Edward Lear and James Thurber. Quoted in Neil A Grauer Remember Laughter (1994).
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