I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
BIL KEANELovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
More Bil Keane Quotes
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We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
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A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
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God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is ‘sposed to be a happy time.
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OF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.
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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
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A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
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Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
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Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
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God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is ‘sposed to be a happy time.
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Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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I don’t have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That’s more important to me than a laugh.
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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
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Goal begins with “GO.”
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Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart.
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In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
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