One-of-a-kind, original vintage “Reportrait,” 18 x 21, with a stippled portrait of the actor by George Haessler in the upper left. Allen has filled out and signed in fountain pen his philosophies related to four separate areas. In part: On Words & Music: “Writing a lyric may take 5 minutes or it may take 5 weeks but the creation of a melody is always, for me at least, instantaneous and entirely mysterious…But what in the world is it that suddenly gives a new melody into our ‘creative’ ear?” On Competition and Fame: “Fame is like beauty in that it exists in the eye of the beholder. When a man looks at himself in the mirror he does not, I think, regard himself as famous, however exalted his station. Nor do men, in my opinion, pursue fame itself. Their goals are more likely to be success in a profession, money, power, the development of a particular finesse, etc. Fame results from the realization of such ambitions.” Signed under his portrait, “Steve Allen, May 26 - ‘59.” Bisecting storage folds, light tape remnants to corners and a few small edge tears, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
