[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us,… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or "real" art; they simply think… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
"Real" drawing is about specifics. It's about describing an object as accurately as possible. In a comic strip you have to draw… — 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
Cartoons are not real drawings, because they are drawings intended to be read. — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Cartooning isn't really drawing, any more than talking is singing... The possible vocabulary of comics is by definition unlimited, the tactility of… — 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 think it has most to do with the way in which a story is told, whether it feels real either via… — 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
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