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Famous Quotes By Al Hirschfeld

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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 — Al Hirschfeld

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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. — Al Hirschfeld

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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. — Al Hirschfeld

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Life is an art, not a science. You make it up as you go along. — Al Hirschfeld

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Iwas a sculptor.Butthat'sreallydrawinga drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing. — Al Hirschfeld

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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 Hirschfeld

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You learn your limitations and then you try to work within them. — Al Hirschfeld

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Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go. — Al Hirschfeld

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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 Hirschfeld

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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. — Al Hirschfeld

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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. — Al Hirschfeld

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Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. — Al Hirschfeld