Jim Lee Quotes

• One of the most difficult things for any artist to do is create a world that looks both completely alien yet real and possible.

  Jim Lee

  Real, Artist, Looks

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• Creating and producing creative work, to me those are all happy accidents.

  Jim Lee

  Creating, Creative, Happy Accidents

  "Why Jim Lee And Dan DiDio Decided To Reboot DC Comics [Video]". Interview with Kevin Ohannessian and Adam Barenblat, www.fastcompany.com. January 18, 2012.

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• As an artist, as I design and lay out a page, the less-important things, things I want you to spend less time looking at, I draw them very small, maybe even silhouette them. The more-important pivotal scenes, I draw them larger, maybe even a double-page spread.

  Jim Lee

  Artist, Design, Important

  "Justice League artist Jim Lee". Interview with Web Behrens, www.timeout.com. September 7, 2011.

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• I really want to try to explore the characters from angles you've never seen and keep them classic and iconic.

  Jim Lee

  Character, Trying, Want

  Source: www.ign.com

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• I'm really trying to focus on the storytelling, more so than ever before I think, partly because it makes for easier pages.

  Jim Lee

  Thinking, Focus, Trying

  Source: www.ign.com

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• Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.

  Jim Lee

  Games, Play, People

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• I have a tendency to do the epic kind of long shot and put in everything that you need to know. And that's by design; that's the kind of approach I take to it.

  Jim Lee

  Epic, Long, Design

  Source: www.ign.com

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• Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on Supermans Girlfriend, Lois Lane, Adventure Comics and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.

  Jim Lee

  Girlfriend, Adventure, Years

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• Lois pursues the truth no matter what sort of adversity faces her. I think Superman sees that, and it's the same moral compass that he has from the Kents.

  Jim Lee

  Adversity, Thinking, Matter

  Source: www.ign.com

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• I rarely draw myself, in general, and if I do, I tend to do little cute manga-esque, almost bite-sized drawings of myself.

  Jim Lee

  Cute, Drawing, Littles

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• There was a real sophistication and elegance to (Batman: The Animated Series). It certainly appealed to kids but had a depth that really made it fascinating and interesting to watch for adult fans. I think visually, it was stylistically stunning.

  Jim Lee

  Real, Kids, Thinking

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• Alasdair Fraser's Culburnie Records has quietly become one of the best Celtic music labels today.

  Jim Lee

  Labels, Records, Today

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• There's also a lot of punch you get from doing an extreme closeup and have it just be that image with nothing around it. There's a clarity and precision and impact there that you sometimes lose if you put everything else in that background.

  Jim Lee

  Impact, Clarity, Sometimes

  Source: www.ign.com

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• No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.

  Jim Lee

  Marketing, Fans, Want

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• [Superman and Lois are] kindred spirits, and they always choose to do the right thing.

  Jim Lee

  Spirit, Kindred Spirit, Kindred

  Source: www.ign.com

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• There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane.

  Jim Lee

  Unique, Special, Triangles

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