Gary Panter Quotes

• If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!

  Gary Panter

  Rip, People, Next

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• Don’t worry about a style. It will creep up on you and eventually you will have to undo it in order to go further.

  Gary Panter

  Order, Worry, Style

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• Making art, I try to just gently persist, instead of having freak-outs where I'm like, Oh, my god, I'll never draw again. You are going to draw again, so you might as well relax.

  Gary Panter

  Art, Trying, Relax

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I don't like religion very much. I think it's all about people trying to be very certain about things that are very uncertain.

  Gary Panter

  Thinking, People, Trying

  Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

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• It's fun to sit down and do a few drawings, but when you have to sit down and do hundreds of drawings whose value only depends on getting to the end of the chain, then you've created a different kind of monster.

  Gary Panter

  Fun, Drawing, Monsters

  Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

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• People like being alike, joining up, and being part of something.

  Gary Panter

  People, Joining

  Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

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• For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage.

  Gary Panter

  Growing Up, Play, Long

  Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

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• If you keep pushing paint when you're tired of it, you lose sensitivity. I can only focus on painting for a few hours, so I'll stop and work on something quite different.

  Gary Panter

  Tired, Focus, Different

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I notice inspiration when it comes by. I don't sit down at my desk and try to write.

  Gary Panter

  Inspiration, Writing, Trying

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I pray, but who I pray to I'm not exactly sure, especially when I'm praying for more money.

  Gary Panter

  Praying, More Money, I Pray

  Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

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