Cartooning is an artistic commitment that requires the full attention and passion of the artist on every level; one should not get… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
When I was 11 years old, I thought, 'All I really wanna be able to do is my own comic book,' and… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I guess I consider myself a cartoonist first, though I was "trained" as a painter/printmaker/sculptor. If there's still any resistance to cartooning… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Comics are not illustration, any more than fiction is copywriting. Illustration is essentially the application of artistic technique or style to suit… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I don't trust art that promises a 24-hour joyride. In fact, there seems to be a modern sense of entitlement for such constant "ups,"… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
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. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather uplifting, actually,… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
“The whole experience reminded me of my own 'old lady' phase that I went through in high school while I was reading Somerset Maugham...… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
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… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
There's a rhythm to the words combined with the pictures [in a comic]. Whenever I'm working on a comic strip I re-read it, probably… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I'm able to make a living from comics, so I'm privileged enough to be quite choosy, though most cartoonists can't afford to be.… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
