--- title: "1 Childhood Vividly Quotes By Art Spiegelman" description: "1 Childhood Vividly quotes by Art Spiegelman. Plus more from Art Spiegelman and more Childhood Vividly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/art-spiegelman-14058_adults_in-reality-childhood-is-deep-and-rich-it_2317972.jpg" --- > [In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. I remember my OWN childhood vividly; I knew terrible things, but I knew I mustn't let the adults \*know\* I knew... it would scare them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/in-reality-childhood-is-deep-and-rich-it-s-vital-mysterious-and/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/art-spiegelman-14058_adults_in-reality-childhood-is-deep-and-rich-it_2317972.jpg) ## More by Art Spiegelman > [The book has very specific qualities. Let's say in 2300 they discover the physical book, after having lived with the digital book for several…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/the-book-has-very-specific-qualities-let-s-say-in-2300-they-discover/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [Comics seem to be cooking these days. It's like being a rock star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/comics-seem-to-be-cooking-these-days-it-s-like-being-a-rock-star/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [In 1908, you could easily earn $20 to $200 as a cartoonist. What's amazing is that it's still true!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/in-1908-you-could-easily-earn-20-to-200-as-a-cartoonist-what-s/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-wanted-to-create-comics-as-soon-as-a-i-learned-humans-were-behind/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/what-we-re-losing-culturally-the-fastest-aside-from-natural-resources/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-would-say-that-in-the-future-the-book-will-be-reserved-for-things/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [Sometimes I'm drawing onto a computer directly, sometimes I'm drawing on paper , so I can't really talk about drafts. It's just like having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/sometimes-i-m-drawing-onto-a-computer-directly-sometimes-i-m-drawing/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [I think as soon as I figured out - and this must have been incredibly young - that comic books were made by humans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-think-as-soon-as-i-figured-out-and-this-must-have-been-incredibly/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [“I'm not talking about YOUR book now, but look at how many books have already been written about the Holocaust. What's the point? People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-m-not-talking-about-your-book-now-but-look-at-how-many-books-have/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/no-matter-what-i-accomplish-it-doesn-t-seem-like-much-compared-to/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [I'm supposed to be making comics, so I had to do it the best way I knew how, which is what those guys at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-m-supposed-to-be-making-comics-so-i-had-to-do-it-the-best-way-i/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/with-any-work-worth-its-salt-you-have-to-trust-the-author-enough-to/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [I always had more allergies toward the superhero comics than the others. I thought those were aimed more toward the people who would beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/i-always-had-more-allergies-toward-the-superhero-comics-than-the/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [“Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/anja-what-is-to-tell-everywhere-i-look-i-m-seeing-anja-from-my-good/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) > [“DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS A MIDGET MUST GO!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-spiegelman/down-these-mean-streets-a-midget-must-go/) [Art Spiegelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-spiegelman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood-vividly/art-spiegelman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Childhood Vividly Quotes By Art Spiegelman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. 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