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title: "1 Stories Felt Quotes By Chris Ware"
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> [I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery O'Connor, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov and Carver to help gain the confidence to figure it out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-wanted-to-make-comics-that-get-at-feelings-that-connect-to-the/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/chris-ware-8123_approach_i-wanted-to-make-comics-that-get-at-feel_2273739.jpg)

## More by Chris Ware

> [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,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-don-t-trust-art-that-promises-a-24-hour-joyride-in-fact-there-seems/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/my-grandmother-was-an-unparalleled-storyteller-who-gave-me-a-preview/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/comics-at-least-in-periodical-form-exist-almost-entirely-free-of-any/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-m-only-trying-to-present-as-honest-a-portrayal-of-the-grimness-of/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [“Newly Found Sugary Spill: Tastes Like Dried Spit or Old Soda”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/newly-found-sugary-spill-tastes-like-dried-spit-or-old-soda/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [“The whole experience reminded me of my own 'old lady' phase that I went through in high school while I was reading Somerset Maugham...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/the-whole-experience-reminded-me-of-my-own-old-lady-phase-that-i-went/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-can-definitely-say-that-of-all-my-friends-who-i-consider-to-be/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [Comics are not a genre, but a developing language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/comics-are-not-a-genre-but-a-developing-language/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/there-s-a-rhythm-to-the-words-combined-with-the-pictures-in-a-comic/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/there-seems-to-be-such-a-laziness-in-and-i-hate-to-use-this-phrase/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [“I guess we all make choices as to how we want to live, right?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-guess-we-all-make-choices-as-to-how-we-want-to-live-right/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/fortunately-i-m-able-to-make-a-living-from-comics-so-i-m-privileged/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [“Every city began as a campsite”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/every-city-began-as-a-campsite/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [I think cartooning gets at, and re-creates on the page, some sixth sense ... in a way no other medium can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-think-cartooning-gets-at-and-re-creates-on-the-page-some-sixth/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

> [“This life we endure - how strange, yet how jolly”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/this-life-we-endure-how-strange-yet-how-jolly/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

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