Milt Kahl famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace.
It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I've been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but meaningless daubs. Lawren Harris, the man most responsible for drawing the Group of Seven together, was accused of something perilously close to treason - his paintings, said his severest critics, were discouraging immigration.
Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising symbol or shape in the welter of shades, and draw that.
When I make my drawings... the path traced by my pencil on the sheet of paper is, to some extent, analogous to the gesture of a man groping his way in the darkness.
If we master a bit of drawing, everything else is possible.
A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.
Good satire goes beyond the specific point itâ€™s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, youâ€™re not left believing everything theyâ€™re telling you.
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

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