“When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from c...” — Laurie Simmons Quote

“When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from comfortable suburbia. If you were from Great Neck, Long Island, you couldn't be a 'real artist', so I found crafty ways of implying that I was from New York.”

“Like all artists, I'm a complete cinephile; I see everything. I see past movies, present movies, indie movies, experimental movies.”

“I'm way more influenced by my children than I was by my parents.”

“I had a blog and was documenting my life as a college student in an art school. I had a few comments left by a few girls asking if I could do a tutorial on how I did my makeup. I didn't think my makeup was all that special, but I try my best to share whatever I can with my viewers.”

“I don't think schooling of any sort really prepares you for real life. I don't know if art school would have prepared me to draw comics. Half of the people I know in comics went to art school, half of them didn't. Some of them went and dropped out.”