R. O. Blechman Quotes

United States, Artist
October 1, 1930

R.O. Blechman (born 1 October 1930), is an American animator, illustrator, children's-book author, graphic novelist and editorial cartoonist whose work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art and other institutions. He was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame in 1999.

Also known as Illustrator

In the mid-fifties, a revolution occurred and a new word entered the vocabulary of commercial art. Concept... But the change was not entirely good. Our gain was also a loss... There was great value in something well observed and carefully delineated. If the head and heart were often absent, there was something to be said for the presence of a hand.

R. O. Blechman
- Good
- Great
- Heart
If you send your work to the magazines, you may be in for a shock. You may get a rejection note. The worst kind. A printed form. And probably you will be shattered. Shattered.

R. O. Blechman
- Work
- May
- Rejection

We artists are hypersensitive, or we wouldn't be - couldn't be - artists.

R. O. Blechman
- Artist