Quote by Sheldon Mayer

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

The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped…

— Ted Rall

I never sat down and said, you know, what the world needs is a good, sick cartoonist.

— Gary Larson

“All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too.”

— William Saroyan

“Through traditional realism, the comics artist can portray the world without-- --and through the cartoon, the world within.”

— Scott McCloud

“I decide that the craziest, strangest, most unbelievable thing I could ever draw is me doing something right.”

— Lynda Mullaly Hunt

If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.

— Shel Silverstein

“What I’ve noticed in a lot of other cartoonists is a sullen resentfulness about their lack of attention and tiny checking accounts. I vowed…

— Matt Groening

I think most cartoonists are solitary, lonely kids who use their work as a way to try to connect with the world. If I…

— Adrian Tomine

“I suppose it has been said that art sometimes benefits from a touch of madness”

— Ahdaf Soueif

“To make great art, one first must become insane and desperate.”

— The Book of the Samurai

“A good artist should laugh often!”

— François Place