Lisa Hanawalt Quotes

Lisa Hanawalt

Profession : Artist

Birth : June 19, 1983

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

Lisa Hanawalt

If someone leaves me a bad review, I briefly fantasize about pushing them down a well.

Lisa Hanawalt

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.

Lisa Hanawalt

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

Lisa Hanawalt

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

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

Lisa Hanawalt

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

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

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

Lisa Hanawalt

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

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

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

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

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

Good cooking is good cooking, regardless of the price.

Lisa Hanawalt

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

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

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

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

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