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Gerald Scarfe

British Artist

Born: Jun 1, 1936

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All the children had to wear a gas mask in case of a gas attack by the Germans. They tried to make the masks like Mickey Mouse faces so the children would like them. But I didn't. They had big ears on them. Gerald Scarfe

I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain. Gerald Scarfe

World Past Own Think Bit Computer He Like Him Around His Brain Goes Artist Experiences Information Receives

And when Roger talks about the frightened ones running away from the bombs, I immediately thought of my days when I was young and I had to wear these gas masks. Gerald Scarfe

Thought Young Immediately Running Running Away Wear About Had Masks Days Talks Roger Frightened Away Bombs Gas

England was incredibly dull and everything exciting seemed to be in America. Gerald Scarfe

Incredibly Everything Seemed Exciting Dull America England

How do I feel about war? Well anybody I guess, I hope, I don't like it. Gerald Scarfe

War Hope Guess About Feel Like Well How Anybody

I mean when I was working shall we say with Disney, you know they sent me the script for the film Hercules and I had to imagine what all the characters looked like. And to develop those characters, so nothing exists visually when I get the script. Gerald Scarfe

So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it. Gerald Scarfe

Sad War Business People Extremely Majority Because Want

Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden. Gerald Scarfe

Asthmatic Most Well Bed Child Childhood

You know it's my job to visualize, what is literal or audible, so I designed all the characters, and I designed what they do and how they should do it and so on. Gerald Scarfe

You Job Characters Visualize Know How Literal Should Designed

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