Carl Barks quotes

Carl Barks was an American artist and writer, widely recognized for his influential work on Disney comics, especially Donald Duck. His creative storytelling and original characters greatly shaped the world of comic books and animation. He inspired generations of readers and artists with his imagination and distinctive style. Here are 7 of his quotes:

There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.

Carl Barks

I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

Carl Barks

I've always looked upon the Ducks as caricature human beings. Perhaps I've been years writing in that middle world that J.R.R. Tolkien describes, and never knew it.

Carl Barks

I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own.

Carl Barks

Work smarter, not harder.

Carl Barks

I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.

Carl Barks