Top 25 Lisa Hanawalt Quotes

Maybe in the world of BoJack, physical attraction is sort of different, beauty standards are different from our world because, why not? It’s just more fun to have a sexy chameleon or a blue-tongued skink or whatever. I don’t know how subversive that is, but it’s fun for me.

I like observing intelligent people who have expertise in areas I’m mostly ignorant about.

I don’t consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.

We all choose what we wear every day, and I’m interested in those choices. Even if you wear the same boring hoodie sweater every day, that’s a decision that tells a story about you.

I never thought, ‘I’m going to learn how to be funny now!,’ and I’m still surprised when other people think I’m funny. I just learned to make jokes as a way of moving through the world. It helps me deal with all sorts of discomfort and boredom.

I have existential worries inside of me, but I don’t always know how to express them all the time.

I value multi-layered artwork that warrants a second glance, so I try my best to achieve that with my own work. If something is solely pretty or solely disgusting, you look at it once and get the gist and move on. If it’s a mix of both, it’s potentially more interesting.

I’m drawn towards people who have a little pathos and a little dark side, and I feel the same towards fictional characters.

I no longer enjoy drawing people’s pets. I just want to draw what I want to draw and have people not tell me what to draw.

When I look at my childhood art, it’s the same. It’s animals dressed up as people in patterned clothing. It basically looked like concept art for ‘BoJack.’ It’s kind of uncanny.

It’s hard to find things that haven’t been said before or drawn before, but I’m trying.

Humans are generally much trickier to draw because we’re so used to looking at and analyzing human faces. The slightest tweak makes a huge difference in how we perceive that character.

I like that talented chefs are able to keep coming up with new ways of preparing food – it really is an art form.

I think a lot of people see fashion as a feminine art form and use that as an excuse to dismiss it. Highlighting it can be a way of affirming that women’s interests are of value.

I’ve always liked writing. Even when I was in art school and thought I was going to be a gallery painter, I liked to pair my artwork with writing. And so that naturally led to drawing comics.

A hot dog cut up with ketchup is, like, lunch for me, so I just think it’s funny to Instagram it. I just don’t want to put that much effort into cooking.

So okay, the world through my eyes, what is that world? Well, I see a lot of dirty stuff, and I see a lot of dumb stuff.

Fashion blogs are great, but I also take inspiration from movies, nature, everyday objects.

I’m not a great boss because I don’t like to tell other people what to do.

I never thought I’d enjoy collaborating so much, but turns out it feels like a super power if you collab with the right people.

When I was five, six, I drew myself as a cat a lot, because I was obsessed with cats. And then, as soon as I took my first riding lesson, I started drawing horses.

I think that even at my most anxious, if I have a job to do or a role to fill, I know on some level I can step up and complete it. I mean, I’m probably not going to go bungee jumping anytime soon… but pushing myself to weather some discomfort now and then feels healthy.

I used to think fashion was something unattainable and reserved only for people who look like models. But looking back, I’ve always made bold choices, possibly beginning with the silk jungle print jacket, orange shorts, and Nepalese cap I insisted on wearing every day when I was ten.

Good cooking is good cooking, regardless of the price.

I’m a bad artist. I’m lazy and untalented and bad.