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> [When you start to think of the arts as not this thing that is going to get you somewhere in terms of becoming an artist or becoming famous or whatever it is that people do, but rather a way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/when-you-start-to-think-of-the-arts-as-not-this-thing-that-is-going/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

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## More by Lynda Barry

> [ “i believe \[images\] are the soul's immune system and transit system.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-believe-images-are-the-soul-s-immune-system-and-transit-system/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-happy-ending-is-hardly-important-though-we-may-be-glad-its-there/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-found-myself-compelled-like-this-weird-shameful-compulsion-to-draw/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“As I enter the small intestine I get squeezed by muscles. Its dark and the walls look like slimey crushed velvet theres pancreas juice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/as-i-enter-the-small-intestine-i-get-squeezed-by-muscles-its-dark-and/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-look-crazy-i-know-i-do-been-true-since-i-was-a-kid/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/in-life-there-are-always-these-things-happening-if-you-can-just-get/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [You may be a lady but you are still the man!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/you-may-be-a-lady-but-you-are-still-the-man/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-minute-you-understand-racism-you-re-responsible-for-being-racist/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“Same circus, different clowns, and without a doubt I'm one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/same-circus-different-clowns-and-without-a-doubt-i-m-one-of-them/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“Above me soft footsteps, the sound through the ceiling of a teenager haunted by a door to the night. My cousin Maybonne lights up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/above-me-soft-footsteps-the-sound-through-the-ceiling-of-a-teenager/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/dear-anyone-who-finds-this-do-not-blame-the-drugs/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/there-was-a-beautiful-time-in-the-beginning-when-i-just-did-it-and/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-library-was-open-for-one-hour-after-school-let-out-i-hid-there/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“Mr. Harmong is the cheapest chinztiest most pig-lipped tightwad skanked-out lardo king landlord of all time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/mr-harmong-is-the-cheapest-chinztiest-most-pig-lipped-tightwad/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [Love will make a way out of no way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/love-will-make-a-way-out-of-no-way/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

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