Graphic Quotes · Page 7

I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world.

— Anonymous

I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the…

— Tobe Hooper

I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I…

— Kari Wahlgren

As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation.

— Robin Furth

I have to read comic books all first, because now when you get into graphic novels, they are definitely in deep graphic.

— Virginia Madsen

A tendency toward the abstract is inherent in linear expression: graphic imagery being confined to outlines has a fairy-like quality and at…

— Paul Klee

There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with…

— Shirin Ebadi

I don't see myself as an artist. I work with artists and collaborate with them, but then it becomes graphic design. It's…

— Vaughan Oliver

Over the years, I observed that many talented graphic designers, including those in my own family, had difficulty getting their designs to…

— Mariam Naficy

Today, although as a whole, the industry is still male-dominated, more women are drawing comics than ever before, and there are more…

— Trina Robbins

You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and…

— Al Hirschfeld

I try to employ a different strategy for each story. Often, I'll have a specific look in mind before I even have…

— Daniel Clowes

In my book "Sound Unbound" we traced the guy who actually came up with the main concept for the graphic design of…

— DJ Spooky

The extraordinary thing about comic books and graphic novels is that they cannot exist without the art. If my words disappeared tomorrow,…

— Marjorie M. Liu

The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For…

— Massimo Vignelli

To tell you the truth, when I came along in this business and thinking about being an actress, I had no idea…

— Raquel Welch

I've always considered myself a graphic artists - a draftsman - as opposed to a typist. I do still work on a…

— Michael Schwab

Graphic tees are vibes. And I think they're the basis of a lot of wardrobes, but that makes it challenging to distill…

— Virgil Abloh

I also think that there's something about the graphic, political nature of such attacks, mixed with the fact that it all seems…

— Karan Mahajan

I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts.…

— Jerry Pinkney

I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything…

— William Bell

I went and studied graphic design, because it seemed to me that advertising is more honest - the image actually has a…

— Brian Froud

Right and wrong do not exist in graphic design. There is only effective and non-effective communication.

— Peter Bilak

I wrote a graphic novel called 'Soul Stealer' with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.

— Michael Easton

I see graphic design as the organization of information that is semantically correct, syntactically consistent and pragmatically understandable.

— Massimo Vignelli

Graphic designers should be literate in graphic design history. Being able to design well is not always enough. Knowing the roots of…

— Steven Heller

'Just looking at pictures' used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with…

— Jon Scieszka

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a…

— Warwick Davis

I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the…

— Marjane Satrapi

Graphic novel genre become really quite popular. It's really a big screen film genre that they have successfully moved into the small…

— Dustin Clare

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of funtional design. In addition to being more logical, asymmetry has the advantage that its complete appearance…

— Jan Tschichold

One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been…

— Martin Filler

Drawing is the most direct and personal kind of graphic expression. Unlike painting, it doesn't forgive. You put down your black line,…

— Tomi Ungerer

[Graphics] is a strict and simple system of signs, which anyone can learn to use and which leads to better understanding.

— Jacques Bertin

I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into…

— Craig David

People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of 'Watchmen' as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have…

— Dave Gibbons

When it comes to creating graphic novels I always deliberately work on something completely different to the previous one.

— Bryan Talbot

Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design…

— Ryan McGinley

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

— John Maeda

You start to get nervous when the value of a comic book or graphic novel is relative to the achievements of some…

— Adrian Tomine