Al Hirschfeld Quotes

You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.

Al Hirschfeld

Quotes to Explore

If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.

Hanna Rosin
- Up
- Men
- Women
As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions.

Aaron Koblin
The ox suffers, the cart complains.

Victor Hugo
- Suffers
- Complains
- Cart
Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.

Nathaniel Philbrick
- Good
- Thinking
- Evil
When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.

Adam Cohen
- World
- Pretty
- Revolution
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

Oprah Winfrey
- Path
- Choose
- Privilege