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Art Quotes by Harvey Pekar

9 Art quotes by Harvey Pekar

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Harvey Pekar’s reflections on art cut straight to the core, offering a compact glimpse into his perspective. Though brief, these nine lines capture his distinctive voice and give a solid starting point for anyone curious about his view on creativity.

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I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.

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I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

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People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me…

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I'd like to see the comics' style expanded. I'd like to see artists synthesize traditional comics arts style with fine-arts styles or…

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I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was…

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Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there's a lot of stuff that's left over from when there were very wealthy people…

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I concentrate, more than I think virtually any comic book artist has in the past, on the so-called mundane details of every…

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It dawned on me that comics were not an intrinsically limited medium. There was a tremendous amount of things you could do…

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I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of…

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Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones. …

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Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

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I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .

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It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go home and…

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I've just been writing stuff down as it comes to me. I haven't thought, 'Let me write some major opus here.'

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I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it.

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I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place

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People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

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When you're dead, it robs life of many of it's pleasures

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My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was to keep…

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I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.

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Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative.

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The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and…

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I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing…

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I don't think I made any really big mistakes; it's just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should…

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