Quotes for All
Photojournalist? With a few exceptions, those of us working as photojournalists might now more appropriately call ourselves illustrators. For, unlike real reporters, whose job it is to document what’s going down, most of us go out in the world expecting to give form to the magazine, or to newspaper editor’s ideas, using what’s become over … Read more
Illustrators are usually illustrating something big or commercial if not outright advertising. It’s a form of prostitution, but that’s cool because we don’t have any moral hang-up about it. Eric Drooker
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose. Edward Tufte
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for awhile, and move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. Flavia Weedn
I have friends and illustrators who can’t stand drawing on the Cintiq. [A graphic pad tablet used by digital animators] There’s a certain tension and friction when you draw on paper that they miss. The tablet is very slick. It’s like drawing on glass. But that didn’t bother me at all. Don Hertzfeldt
I think the two jobs I dreamed of doing as a teenager were comic book artist and record cover illustrator. Maybe film director was in the mix as well, but that seemed to be an impossible mountain to climb. Dave McKean
Try to remember that being unsuccessful in school doesn’t automatically mean you’ll be unsuccessful in life. Lots of people who didn’t excel in school still went on to have successful lives. Dav Pilkey
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Andy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn’t an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded by about ten people who worshipped him. He’d go to a party and they would all come along. But he was drawing shoes and that sort of thing. Claes Oldenburg
Fortunately, I’m able to make a living from comics, so I’m privileged enough to be quite choosy, though most cartoonists can’t afford to be. It’s really an uncomfortable situation, since I’m not an illustrator, though I do get calls from morally indefensible businesses offering me money to decorate their ambitions. It’s extremely rare, almost unheard … Read more