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Jack Kirby quotes: A man is entitled to draw things in his own style. I didn't hurt Superman. I made him powerful. I admire Superman, but I've got to do my own style.

A man is entitled to draw things in his own style. I didn't hurt Superman. I made him powerful. I admire Superman, but I've got to do my own style.

Jack Kirby quotes: The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that very reason.

The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that very reason.

Jack Kirby quotes: I draw people as I see them. I'm not involved in making artistic masterpieces. My, my object is to mirror people and I've always done that.

I draw people as I see them. I'm not involved in making artistic masterpieces. My, my object is to mirror people and I've always done that.

Jack Kirby quotes: All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to.

All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to.

Jack Kirby quotes: I hated to fight all the time just to enjoy my day. Fighting wasn't the kind of thing that I enjoyed, but I grew to enjoy it because I did

I hated to fight all the time just to enjoy my day. Fighting wasn't the kind of thing that I enjoyed, but I grew to enjoy it because I did it so long.

Jack Kirby quotes: I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing.

I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing.

Jack Kirby quotes: I didn't have an affinity for horror. But I knew that commercially it was viable.

I didn't have an affinity for horror. But I knew that commercially it was viable.

Jack Kirby quotes: It's funny how easy it is to point out other peoples mistakes and make our own mistakes seem insignificant.

It's funny how easy it is to point out other peoples mistakes and make our own mistakes seem insignificant.

Jack Kirby quotes: My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.

My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.

Jack Kirby quotes: I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.

I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.

Jack Kirby quotes: Remember how unimportant you are because that knowledge will gain you more respect than someone who thinks the world revolves around them.

Remember how unimportant you are because that knowledge will gain you more respect than someone who thinks the world revolves around them.

Jack Kirby quotes: Perfectionists are their own devils.

Perfectionists are their own devils.

Jack Kirby quotes: When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It's just part of the American scene.

When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It's just part of the American scene.

Jack Kirby quotes: I'd had a belly-full of being subservient. I had to find something else to do, and I did. I went to the animation houses. I went to new fields.

I'd had a belly-full of being subservient. I had to find something else to do, and I did. I went to the animation houses. I went to new fields.

Jack Kirby quotes: I achieved perfection, my type of perfection - visual storytelling. Storytelling was my style.

I achieved perfection, my type of perfection - visual storytelling. Storytelling was my style.

Jack Kirby quotes: A character to me can't be contrived. I don't like to contrive characters. They have to have an element of truth.

A character to me can't be contrived. I don't like to contrive characters. They have to have an element of truth.

Jack Kirby quotes: I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it!

I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it!

Jack Kirby quotes: Once we've learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything.

Once we've learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything.

Jack Kirby quotes: A good commander can beat the odds. A great commander can beat the gods.

A good commander can beat the odds. A great commander can beat the gods.

Jack Kirby quotes: The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I'd beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.

The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I'd beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.

Jack Kirby quotes: I admired anybody who could make a buck with his drawing.

I admired anybody who could make a buck with his drawing.

Jack Kirby quotes: Homo Sapiens and their guns.

Homo Sapiens and their guns.

Jack Kirby quotes: I'm a happy man because whatever I'm doing, I do for myself and I do a little creating here and there for others, and they work out very well.

I'm a happy man because whatever I'm doing, I do for myself and I do a little creating here and there for others, and they work out very well.

Jack Kirby quotes: Of course, mothers were very conventional, everything was very conventional. You had to have approval.

Of course, mothers were very conventional, everything was very conventional. You had to have approval.

Jack Kirby quotes: Any kind of music can be written badly and it can be written wonderfully. I admire a top performer in any field.

Any kind of music can be written badly and it can be written wonderfully. I admire a top performer in any field.

Jack Kirby quotes: Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many othersalmost as awesome!! But they merely exist!!

Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many others
almost as awesome!! But they merely exist!!

Jack Kirby quotes: I don't want to take somebody else's beating. That makes me unhappy.

I don't want to take somebody else's beating. That makes me unhappy.

Jack Kirby quotes: I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

Jack Kirby quotes: I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.

I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.

Jack Kirby quotes: I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent.

I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent.

Jack Kirby quotes: Everybody can draw, in my estimation. If you give a man 50 years, he'll come up with the Mona Lisa.

Everybody can draw, in my estimation. If you give a man 50 years, he'll come up with the Mona Lisa.

Jack Kirby quotes: You fought fair. If the other guy wants to fight and you knocked him out, you did your best for him. You didn't want to hurt him any more.

You fought fair. If the other guy wants to fight and you knocked him out, you did your best for him. You didn't want to hurt him any more.

Jack Kirby quotes: My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor.

My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor.

Jack Kirby quotes: I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best.

I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best.

Jack Kirby quotes: Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.

Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.

Jack Kirby quotes: Every father was his own man. He did what he wanted. If your mother went shopping, your father never went with her.

Every father was his own man. He did what he wanted. If your mother went shopping, your father never went with her.

Jack Kirby quotes: My ambition was always to be a perfect picture of an American.

My ambition was always to be a perfect picture of an American.

Jack Kirby quotes: It's not letting your anger out that gets people hurt. Its keeping the anger locked up in side that hurts you.

It's not letting your anger out that gets people hurt. Its keeping the anger locked up in side that hurts you.

Jack Kirby quotes: I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time.

I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time.

Jack Kirby quotes: I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.

I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.

Jack Kirby quotes: Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble.

Comics have a caste system - an editor has to act in a certain way, an artist has to be humble.

Jack Kirby quotes: Life at best is bittersweet.

Life at best is bittersweet.

Jack Kirby quotes: Our dreams make us large.

Our dreams make us large.

Jack Kirby quotes: Kid ... Comics will break your heart.

Kid ... Comics will break your heart.