Art Quote by Jack Kirby Download Open image “Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble.” — Jack Kirby ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Be humble Caste system Castes Certain Editors Humble Way
The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes just so… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
A comic is a way of literally experiencing someone else's vision with a purity that I don't think any other medium offers; there are… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
In comics, my experience has been mostly artists whose visual storytelling chops are either weak or they're more invested in rushing to a paycheck… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
The cartoonist's work is solitary; even when dealing with editors and assistants, there is no such excitement as to creating unexpected drastic changes for… — Katsuhiro Otomo Copy Share Image
I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually is more… — Alex Raymond Copy Share Image
I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Writing comics and drawing comics is a really very specific art form. It's a lot easier to get it wrong than it is to… — Brian Stelfreeze Copy Share Image
The most important thing as a comic and a writer is to have a strong point of view. I have one and can recognise… — Heather McDonald 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
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image