Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I feel that any man that tries, any man that comes out with something we like, is a good man. A man… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
It's not in the draftsmanship, it's in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object.… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
If you think a man draws the type of hands that you want to draw, steal ‘em. Take those hands. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I don't like to work in an office. I like to work in my house, to be among my own thoughts. The… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
If you're drawing a Western town, you can duplicate that Western town from instinct alone. Some artists may take it from other… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I feel that every professional is the art school for the next guy. I feel that maybe a lot of the dynamism… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Everybody can draw, in my estimation. If you give a man 50 years, he'll come up with the Mona Lisa. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
If a carpenter makes a chair that's comfortable for the person who's going to sit in it, he's done his job. If… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I always resent anybody interfering with anybody else trying to do his job. Everybody has his own job to do. If he's good, he'll… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I get a lot of comics, and I can look at a comic and tell immediately whether I'll enjoy it or not. There are… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
If you're a thorough professional, and they won't let you do a professional job, nobody's going to benefit from it. The people who produce… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Nobody ever asked me to do anything. Nobody knew what to do. When comics were brand new, nobody knew what kind of comics to… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I've done things that I wouldn't ordinarily seem capable of doing. And I've proven myself in situations where there's life and death at stake.… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Some of my friends became gangsters. You became a gangster depending upon how fast you wanted a suit. Gangsters weren't the stereotypes you see… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
A man is entitled to draw things in his own style. I didn't hurt Superman. I made him powerful. I admire Superman, but I've… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd perform as… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I taught myself how to draw, and I soon found out it was what I really wanted to do. I didn't think I was… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
My purpose was what my father's purpose was - to make a living and to have a family. I was going to do the… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
