Good cooking is good cooking, regardless of the price. Lisa Hanawalt More Quotes by Lisa Hanawalt More Quotes From Lisa Hanawalt 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. Lisa Hanawalt day looking-back fashion people I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do. Lisa Hanawalt great like boss people I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman. Lisa Hanawalt woman i-am myself nature If someone leaves me a bad review, I briefly fantasize about pushing them down a well. Lisa Hanawalt down someone bad me I like observing intelligent people who have expertise in areas I'm mostly ignorant about. Lisa Hanawalt like ignorant intelligent people 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. Lisa Hanawalt look childhood people art The way I eat in my day-to-day life is, like, very simple to the point of being absurd. Like, my boyfriend makes fun of me because if I'm eating a snack, it's often, like, a pickle and then a hard-boiled egg and then crackers and then maybe a carrot, and it's like I'm eating like a baby. Lisa Hanawalt me eating simple life I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and the ambience is fancy, the food just invariably tastes a little better - and I feel like I'm getting away with something. But I'm also bored by most 'fancy' food. Lisa Hanawalt feel better think food 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. Lisa Hanawalt human looking difference character I have existential worries inside of me, but I don't always know how to express them all the time. Lisa Hanawalt inside know me time Fashion blogs are great, but I also take inspiration from movies, nature, everyday objects. Lisa Hanawalt movies great fashion nature 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. Lisa Hanawalt women fashion people art 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. Lisa Hanawalt every-day day you decision I'd love to do a book with scratch n' sniff pages and pieces of string and plastic attached to the pages, you know? Lisa Hanawalt you plastic love book I've had trouble gaining access to certain people I'd really love to interview because they're worried I'll make fun of them. I'm a pretty private and self-conscious person, so I relate to that concern! Lisa Hanawalt person fun love people 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. Lisa Hanawalt eyes see dumb world I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun. Lisa Hanawalt think time fun art 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. Lisa Hanawalt thought drawing art school 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. Lisa Hanawalt cats myself riding drawing I went to UCLA and studied studio art. I thought I was going to be a gallery painter, photographer, or ceramicist. Then, when I graduated, that didn't happen immediately. I didn't suddenly get solo shows in Chelsea, and I realized that is actually kind of difficult to break into. Lisa Hanawalt happen thought difficult art
