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> [Both of my parents were cartoonists - they met in art school - so I was always drawing and I was the best artist in my class and all that stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/both-of-my-parents-were-cartoonists-they-met-in-art-school-so-i-was/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

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## More by Mark Alan Stamaty

> [I've kept voluminous diaries since I was eighteen, and do a lot of experimental writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/i-ve-kept-voluminous-diaries-since-i-was-eighteen-and-do-a-lot-of/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [Like everyone, I want to make my own "fine art."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/like-everyone-i-want-to-make-my-own-fine-art/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [I like to follow my own muse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/i-like-to-follow-my-own-muse/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [Often the energy of a piece is more exciting to me than the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/often-the-energy-of-a-piece-is-more-exciting-to-me-than-the-subject/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [Time and space, and freedom. That's what I want most. Isn't that true for all of us?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/time-and-space-and-freedom-that-s-what-i-want-most-isn-t-that-true/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [Both of my parents were cartoonists - they met in art school - so I was always drawing and I was the best artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/both-of-my-parents-were-cartoonists-they-met-in-art-school-so-i-was/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [In real life, people are going by fast and it's hard to draw them from my eye alone in a split second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/in-real-life-people-are-going-by-fast-and-it-s-hard-to-draw-them-from/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [You set your reality and carefully construct it so that it has a certain feeling, an energy. That's the vital, visceral thing about making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/you-set-your-reality-and-carefully-construct-it-so-that-it-has-a/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

> [My parents were into 40s big band stuff, and my father was a great dancer to that kind of thing. But rock 'n' roll?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-alan-stamaty/my-parents-were-into-40s-big-band-stuff-and-my-father-was-a-great/)

[Mark Alan Stamaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-alan-stamaty/)

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