Chris Ware quotes

The thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of some alien race. (Chris Ware)
Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done. View quote
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I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners. View quote
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Lately, I can't shake the feeling that I've been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I can't account for most of my 20s, and I have to continually remind myself that certain people are dead now and many of my friends have children. View quote
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As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means. View quote
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I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures. View quote
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I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age. View quote
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My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses. View quote
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The real power of comics is writing as you draw. View quote
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I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed in the 'New Yorker.' Clearly, I am seriously out of step with the times. View quote
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I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic. (Chris Ware)
As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually. View quote
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I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim at basically the same thing, which is an ever closer representation of what it feels like to be alive. View quote
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Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included. View quote
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The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness. View quote
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One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon. View quote
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No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or "real" art; they simply think it's a bad cartoon. View quote
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Cartoons are not real drawings, because they are drawings intended to be read. View quote
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Drawing on a computer doesn't make any sense to me. It's not intuitive. View quote
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I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right. View quote
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My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist. (Chris Ware)
My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. View quote
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Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible. View quote
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I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other. View quote
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Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal. View quote
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