--- title: "6 Cartoon Quotes By Bill Watterson" description: "6 Cartoon quotes by Bill Watterson. Plus more from Bill Watterson and more Cartoon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/bill-watterson-728_cartoon_amazingly-much-of-the-best-cartoon-work_366999.jpg" --- > [Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/amazingly-much-of-the-best-cartoon-work-was-done-early-on-in-the/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/bill-watterson-728_cartoon_amazingly-much-of-the-best-cartoon-work_366999.jpg) > [Saturday morning cartoons do that now, where they develop the toy and then draw the cartoon around it, and the result is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/saturday-morning-cartoons-do-that-now-where-they-develop-the-toy-and/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/bill-watterson-728_another-way_saturday-morning-cartoons-do-that-now-wh_465556.jpg) > [Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/cincinnati-at-that-time-was-also-beginning-to-realize-it-had-major/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/bill-watterson-728_benefits_cincinnati-at-that-time-was-also-beginni_824683.png) > [Although I'm certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I'm fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/although-i-m-certainly-glad-cartoons-are-finally-getting-some-respect/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/bill-watterson-728_academic_although-i-m-certainly-glad-cartoons-are_2040555.jpg) > [If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/if-you-re-a-painter-it-s-simply-taken-for-granted-that-you-ll-spend-a/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/bill-watterson-728_cartoon_if-you-re-a-painter-it-s-simply-taken-fo_3005739.png) > [I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-ve-been-interested-in-cartooning-all-my-life-i-read-the-comics-as-a/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/bill-watterson-728_cartoon_i-ve-been-interested-in-cartooning-all-m_3069198.jpg) ## Other authors on Cartoon ## More by Bill Watterson > [Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/calvin-the-more-you-know-the-harder-it-is-to-take-decisive-action/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/a-day-can-really-slip-by-when-you-re-deliberately-avoiding-what-you/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/for-your-information-i-m-staying-like-this-and-everyone-else-can-just/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-think-most-of-us-would-be-horrified-to-meet-ourselves-and-discover/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/as-a-kid-i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-either-a-cartoonist-or-an-astronaut/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/miss-wormwood-calvin-your-test-was-an-absolute-disgrace-it-s-obvious/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/calvin-today-for-show-and-tell-i-ve-brought-a-tiny-miracle-of-nature/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [United Features had given me a development contract, which meant I was to work exclusively with them and rather than completing everything on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/united-features-had-given-me-a-development-contract-which-meant-i-was/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/what-assurance-do-i-have-that-your-parenting-isn-t-screwing-me-up/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/in-the-right-hands-a-comic-strip-attains-a-beauty-and-elegance-that/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/if-you-give-a-little-credit-to-the-concept-of-the-artist-i-think-you/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [I tell you all this because it's worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success. You will do well to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-tell-you-all-this-because-it-s-worth-recognizing-that-there-is-no/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/the-secret-to-enjoying-your-job-is-to-have-a-hobby-that-s-even-worse/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought to be!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/by-golly-life-s-too-darn-short-to-waste-time-trying-to-please-every/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) > [I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/i-m-yet-another-resource-consuming-kid-in-an-overpopulated-planet/) [Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoon/bill-watterson/#itemlist", "name": "6 Cartoon Quotes By Bill Watterson", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. 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