Kaja Foglio Quotes

United States, Artist
January 12, 1970

Kaja Foglio is a Seattle-based writer, artist, and publisher. Foglio co-won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2009 for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, and has continued to co-win two Hugo Awards the following years.

Also known as Publisher, Writer

Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do anything creative. They shrug and claim that they 'have no talent.' They say things like, 'Don't quit your day job' or 'Leave it to the professionals.' In the steampunk subculture, I don't hear those things.

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- People
- Job
- Day
Going to the conventions, seeing the incredible amount of love that people put into their clothing, costumes, gadgetry, and art of all kinds, is a huge treat for me.

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- People
- Art
- Incredible

From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.

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- People
- Work
- May
Steampunk is not a group of children in a classroom, sitting quietly while the teacher reads a story; it's the kids at recess, playing a wild, endless game of pretend.

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- Children
- Kids
- Game
And I don't care how simple or convenient it would make things for everyone else if I were to just lie down and die. I will not let myself be killed or captured!

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- Myself
- To Be
- Killed
Oh dear. I so mistrust it when "impossible" is one's initial reaction to an idea.

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- Impossible
- Reaction