Barry Blitt Quotes

I like to make myself laugh. When I’m just sitting with a sketchbook and trying to make myself laugh or trying to come up with ideas, I try not to worry about aim right away. I’m just sort of shooting in all directions.
BARRY BLITT

Laughing
I’m an adequatist! I would be happy with something adequate. Perfection’s out of the question.
BARRY BLITT

Adequate Something
I’m not a good businessman and I don’t promote myself particularly well. It’s best I don’t talk to anybody lest I alienate myself.
BARRY BLITT

Businessman Well
The dread was built into the 2016 election – a little spoonful of dread.
BARRY BLITT

Dread Littles
I’ve been thinking of trying to de-caricaturize Donald Trump. I thought it would be fun to try and, since he’s already a caricature, to make him normal looking.
BARRY BLITT

Trying
All my drawings always sort of looked funny even if I was trying to do serious stuff and express myself about grim situations. It was always cartoony.
BARRY BLITT

Drawing Stuff Trying
A cartoonist’s style is created by weaknesses and personal restrictions as much as strengths.
BARRY BLITT
I don’t know what I was thinking when I was starting out. I was hoping I’d get paid to draw realistic pictures of hockey players. I still hold that hope alive.
BARRY BLITT

Hockey
I felt it was more fun to knock people down than to build them up. I seemed to get a better reaction from my peers and from my friends when I was mocking stuff – which isn’t necessarily anything to be too proud of.
BARRY BLITT

Peers
If you can learn to convey what you express in the first rough sketch, you’re really saying what you need to say in that.
BARRY BLITT

Firsts Needs Rough

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