"An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle."

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Source : "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

Charles M. Blow

#Illustration Quotes #Color Quotes #Weight Quotes

“Surprise is where creativity comes in.”
“To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.”

Source : Alphonse de Lamartine, James B. Runnion (1911). “Graziella: a story of Italian love. Translated ... by James B. Runnion. Sixteen thousand”
“Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely.”
“Gospel artists have to do something that secular artists don't always have to do and that's kind of abide by and reflect a certain set of values and morals. So everything that we do, every decision that we make, every picture that we take has a different weight on it. It's always interesting in balancing being an artist but being a minister as well.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“Well, you know, I am in the business and I like to promote myself.”
“I like what Wallace Stevens said: "Poetry must almost successfully resist intelligence." I just change the word "poetry" to "my photographs".”
“If there are too many competitors, even if you're the best it's a lot harder to win.”
“They that soar too high, often fall hard.”

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