All Chris Ware Quotes
- My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. Empathy
- As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I… Alone
- There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men… Absolutely
- One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, Γ’β¬ΛDonΓ’β¬β’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at… Art
- Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25 Began
- Even the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets. Bouquet
- It's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one does. Comforting
- I think it has most to do with the way in which a story is told, whether it feels real either via the music of… Either Via
- Lately, I cant shake the feeling that Ive been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I cant account for most of… Account
- I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners. Corners
- The thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of… Alien
- Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern,… Adjunct
- 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. Almost Entirely
- During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and trying to change… Approach
- I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I… Few
- Unlike prose writing, the strange process of writing with pictures encourages associations and recollections to accumulate literally in front of your eyes; people, places, and… Accumulate
- The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness. Afford
- I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or,… Even Worse
- No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or "real" art; they simply think it's a bad… Art
- Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is… All