Making Books Quotes by Mordicai Gerstein

I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to…

— Mordicai Gerstein

I'm still surprised to be an author. I wonder what I'll write next?

— Mordicai Gerstein

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

— Mordicai Gerstein

Each one seems to be, in some way, essentially different from the others, and each is a surprise to me. I think that making…

— Mordicai Gerstein

Every book is a unique experience.

— Mordicai Gerstein

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

— Mordicai Gerstein

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking…

— Mordicai Gerstein

Well, 9/11 made me think about the towers, and the fact that I lived in New York for a long time, while they were…

— Mordicai Gerstein

I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

— Mordicai Gerstein

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

— Mordicai Gerstein

People have their own ideas how about they should appear.

— Mordicai Gerstein

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them?…

— Mordicai Gerstein

I had always loved cartoons, especially 'Bugs Bunny,' and I found I enjoyed making animated films. Even a 30-second commercial involved drawing and painting,…

— Mordicai Gerstein

I looked at Rembrandt and Superman, Matisse and Bugs Bunny, and began to make my own pictures.

— Mordicai Gerstein

If I keep coming back to a painting and there's a little something that bothers me, I know I'm not going to get away…

— Mordicai Gerstein