What sort of attractions do you think lured our coreligionists out of the ghetto and into the mainstream of European culture? Was it the wit of Molière, or the ingenious stage mechanisms of Pixérécourt? Or was it simply the opportunity… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
I remember as a child going to an exhibit about the Soviet Union, and every paper had this alien smell. The paper and the… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
In America, there's a very long tradition of a comic strip that comes in newspapers, which is not true all over the world. To… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
There's a real connection between the history of print in Europe and nationalism, and how those two things could be formed. I think they… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange. — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
The basis of national identity is to say, "This is authentic to me or my forebears," and is there even such a thing? How… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, nationalism only could have come about in Europe after the invention of printing. You could have this thing that was… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
You know how misleading an image is. You see an image in the newspaper, if they left the caption off, good luck knowing what's… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room. — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
“You see these unsold goods taking up space in busy stores and ask yourself, 'Who would ever buy such a thing? To whose antiquated… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new. — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
I think a lot of these terms, nationalistic things, somebody is an American, or somebody is a Frenchman, or somebody is a Jew, I… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
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