More from Al Hirschfeld
Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld Iwas a sculptor.Butthat’sreallydrawinga drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you’ve ever done… I am only interested in the present.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld 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.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld Life is an art, not a science. You make it up as you go along.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld Writers who drew, they all seemed to draw the same way. They managed to keep that childlike creativity in their line.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld I just don’t think that everybody is disciplined. I think that’s a rare commodity.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld 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
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld It could never happen for anyone they way it happened for me. It was all an accident.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld Try to distill the character of your subject. Understand how he moves, thinks, acts. It’s difficult to put into words.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld You learn your limitations and then you try to work within them.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld The opening-night audience is mostly friends of the cast and backers of the show, and they cometo applaud their money.
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld I never know what to tell young people when they come here.
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
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