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Jack Kirby Quotes

Kid ... Comics will break your heart Picture Quote #1

I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best Picture Quote #1

I’ve never done anything half-heartedly. It’s the reason my comics did well. It’s the reason my comics were drawn well. I can’t do anything bad Picture Quote #1

I write from a people’s point of view. I love people because I understand them. I understand an enemy, I understand a friend, I understand grey areas, and I understand black areas Picture Quote #1

I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal Picture Quote #1

I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time Picture Quote #1

The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that very reason Picture Quote #1

I’m a happy man because whatever I’m doing, I do for myself and I do a little creating here and there for others, and they work out very well Picture Quote #1

An American is a guy, a rich guy with a family, a decent guy with a family with as many kids as he likes, doing what he wants, working with people that he likes, and enjoying himself to his very old age Picture Quote #1

I never duck out of a fight; I don’t care what the hell the odds are, and I’m rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That’s the way I’ve always lived Picture Quote #1

The average politician was crooked. That was my ambition, to be a crooked politician. I’d see them in these restaurants, and they’d all hold these conferences. I’d see politicians who were supposed to be on opposite sides of issues all together at one table Picture Quote #1

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My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor Picture Quote #1

An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying godhood. It was a caste system, pure and simple. And it was accepted that way. Nobody thought of contracts, nobody thought of insisting on better deals Picture Quote #1

Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble Picture Quote #1

My own son feels I’m uncool but my grandson loves me. Being cool or uncool is a generational thing. But as a personal thing, I really love everybody in sight Picture Quote #1

I’m a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I’d perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way Picture Quote #1

I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler Picture Quote #1

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I felt the comics grew because they became the common man’s literature, the common man’s art, the common man’s publishing Picture Quote #1

When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It’s just part of the American scene Picture Quote #1

You had to grow up sometime. The fellows who grew early, they were in jeopardy. They became the cops and the crooks, and the crooks became the gangsters. The crooks became the Al Capones Picture Quote #1

Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent Picture Quote #1

Our dreams make us large Picture Quote #1

Perfectionists are their own devils Picture Quote #1

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Kid... Comics will break your heart Picture Quote #1

It’s not in the draftsmanship, it’s in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object. It’s in the man. If you want to do it, you do it Picture Quote #1

I feel that life is a series of very interesting questions, and very poor answers. But I myself am willing to settle for the questions. If the questions are interesting, I feel I evoke them in what I do. I feel that should be good enough for everyone else Picture Quote #1

Once we’ve learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything Picture Quote #1

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Kid ... Comics will break your heart. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I’ve never done anything half-heartedly. It’s the reason my comics did well. It’s the reason my comics were drawn well. I can’t do anything bad. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I write from a people’s point of view. I love people because I understand them. I understand an enemy, I understand a friend, I understand grey areas, and I understand black areas. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I didn’t save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time. (Jack Kirby Quotes) The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that very reason. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I’m a happy man because whatever I’m doing, I do for myself and I do a little creating here and there for others, and they work out very well. (Jack Kirby Quotes) An American is a guy, a rich guy with a family, a decent guy with a family with as many kids as he likes, doing what he wants, working with people that he likes, and enjoying himself to his very old age. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I never duck out of a fight; I don’t care what the hell the odds are, and I’m rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That’s the way I’ve always lived. (Jack Kirby Quotes) The average politician was crooked. That was my ambition, to be a crooked politician. I’d see them in these restaurants, and they’d all hold these conferences. I’d see politicians who were supposed to be on opposite sides of issues all together at one table. (Jack Kirby Quotes) My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor. (Jack Kirby Quotes) An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying godhood. It was a caste system, pure and simple. And it was accepted that way. Nobody thought of contracts, nobody thought of insisting on better deals. (Jack Kirby Quotes) Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble (Jack Kirby Quotes) My own son feels I’m uncool but my grandson loves me. Being cool or uncool is a generational thing. But as a personal thing, I really love everybody in sight. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I’m a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I’d perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way. (Jack Kirby Quotes) I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler (Jack Kirby Quotes) I felt the comics grew because they became the common man’s literature, the common man’s art, the common man’s publishing. (Jack Kirby Quotes) When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It’s just part of the American scene. (Jack Kirby Quotes) You had to grow up sometime. The fellows who grew early, they were in jeopardy. They became the cops and the crooks, and the crooks became the gangsters. The crooks became the Al Capones. (Jack Kirby Quotes) Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent (Jack Kirby Quotes) Our dreams make us large (Jack Kirby Quotes) Perfectionists are their own devils (Jack Kirby Quotes) Kid... Comics will break your heart (Jack Kirby Quotes) It’s not in the draftsmanship, it’s in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object. It’s in the man. If you want to do it, you do it (Jack Kirby Quotes) I feel that life is a series of very interesting questions, and very poor answers. But I myself am willing to settle for the questions. If the questions are interesting, I feel I evoke them in what I do. I feel that should be good enough for everyone else (Jack Kirby Quotes) Once we’ve learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything (Jack Kirby Quotes)