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Jim Woodring Quotes

Jim Woodring quotes

American Artist October 11, 1952

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It's funny, in some of the interviews I've seen that were done for the film, some people say things like, 'Oh, I was never a very big Jim Woodring fan. I've never thought his work was that great.' Jim Woodring
Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning. Jim Woodring
I've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot a film, he didn't even want to do it any more because he'd already had all of the fun of working it out. It's the same thing with these Frank comics. Jim Woodring
That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings. Jim Woodring
Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not. Jim Woodring
Every time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there. If it glows, it stays. Everything is either on or off. Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring quote: "Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to..."
Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers. Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring quote: "People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are."
People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are. Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring quote: "A tree is an incomprehensible mystery."
A tree is an incomprehensible mystery. Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring quote: "It takes more drawing to tell a story in pantomime."
It takes more drawing to tell a story in pantomime. Jim Woodring

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