Quotes by Artists

Anything you see on the screen was at one point approved by me. Craig McCracken

Me You Approved See Point Screen Anything

The storyboard artists job is to plan out shot for shot the whole show, write all the dialog, and decide the mood, action, jokes, pacing, etc of every scene. Craig McCracken

Jokes Job Action Every Mood Out Scene Write Dialog Artists Decide Pacing Etc Storyboard Plan Shot Show Whole

So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it. Craig McCracken

Myself Way Though Some Cases Supervise Like Get Trying Process Board Boarding Them Even Shows Credited

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show. Craig McCracken

Thru Auditions Show Series Chose Actor Started

I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool. Craig McCracken

Own Characters Collector Geeky Unbelievably Toy Toys Your Cool

I'm really interested in making a mark on a paper and letting that be cursive shorthand for an idea - that's the origin of cartooning. Craig Thompson

Mark Paper Cartooning Idea Making Interested Shorthand Really Origin Letting

After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create something bigger than myself and outside myself. Craig Thompson

Myself Sick Drawing Something Outside Blankets Sort Comics Doing Than Autobiographical Wanted After Bigger Midwestern Create Mundane

Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive. Cy Twombly

Walls Naughty Aggressive Protest Being Reason Ink

Graffiti is linear, and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. Cy Twombly

Writing Walls Pencil Like Linear Done

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself. Cy Twombly

You Yourself Think Brought About Talk Up

I work in an impatient way. Cy Twombly

Work Way Impatient

The Mediterranean is always just white, white, white. Cy Twombly

White Mediterranean Always Just

I'm not an abstractionist completely. Cy Twombly

Virginia is a good start for Italy. Cy Twombly

Good Virginia Italy Start

I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. Cy Twombly

Would Never Had Over Just Again Them Swear Show Paintings

Our memories are convenient lies we create, cribbing images from others' experiences. We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers. Damian Loeb

Art Memories Beauty Others Our Lies Directors Ideal Discard Personal Convenient Experiences Conventional Which Conform Create Created Images

I had no interest in high school besides art. Damian Loeb

Art School High Besides High School No Interest Had Interest

When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it. Damian Loeb

Try Painting Took Back Later Months Out Photos Through Put Particular Pictures Come Sort Different Them Figure Why

I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory. Damian Loeb

Art Assume Everybody Perfect Piece Knowing Without Any Exposed Wholeness