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I never know what to tell young people when they come here. It could never happen for anyone they way it happened for me. It was all an accident.
Al Hirschfeld
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Al Hirschfeld
Age: 99 †
Born: 1903
Born: June 21
Died: 2003
Died: January 20
Artist
Caricaturist
Postage Stamp Designer
St. Louis
Missouri
Albert Hirschfeld
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Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
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You learn your limitations and then you try to work within them.
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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.
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