Art Quote by Chris Ware

I have a personal definition of cartooning, which is, simply, "imaginative drawing." Anything you're drawing that is not in front of you but is…

— Jim Woodring

Cartooning is completely different from other media: it is closely related to film and prose, other narrative forms, but the skills needed to realize…

— Jessica Abel

Cartooning is an artistic commitment that requires the full attention and passion of the artist on every level; one should not get into it…

— Chris Ware

Cartoons are not real drawings, because they are drawings intended to be read.

— Chris Ware

I wouldn't want to be defined so much by comics or cartoons. My work is more narrative than that. If you take your basic…

— Raymond Pettibon

You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning didn't become…

— Marjane Satrapi

Comics is different than writing because when you draw something you are trying to visualize it and you are trying to put yourself in…

— Chris Ware

Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.

— Matt Groening

I had the impression in art school that cartooning was thought of as a lesser art than painting because cartoons are reproduced, so the…

— Roz Chast

It's a reality of art that the fewer lines you get, the harder it is. Cartooning is actually harder than realism. You have less…

— Ursula Vernon

Comics are not illustration, any more than fiction is copywriting. Illustration is essentially the application of artistic technique or style to suit a commercial…

— Chris Ware

If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but if you're…

— Bill Watterson