Comic Quote by Umberto Eco Download Open image “The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.” — Umberto Eco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comic Humor Perception
Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it's a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the part of… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some… — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental. — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Comics are just mirrors. People can either laugh at the reflection or be disgusted by it. — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Funny comes in different levels. Like not looking seasoned, or not looking prepared, the way that an actual comic should look, becomes funny. — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes. — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I always loved as a kid reading 'Spider-Man,' and the 'Fantastic Four' would show up... it was all about that larger universe. — Peyton Reed Copy Share Image
One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I identify with Superman. I am adopted, I am an only child, and I love the idea that he comes from another world, that… — Bryan Singer Copy Share Image
Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did not come… — Will Eisner Copy Share Image
If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write. — Garth Ennis Copy Share Image
The big problem for comic art is you don't want to overwork it. If a drawing is overworked it isn't funny. It's the spontaneity… — Edward Sorel Copy Share Image
Leslie Stein's comics give readers privileged access to a complete and wholly original world of gently skewed wonders. — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
I've certainly seen a lot of my cartoonist friends embrace 'Little Lulu' in a much deeper way because their kids love it so much.… — Seth Copy Share Image
Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He's not superhuman. He's not super. So therefore he can't be a superhero. — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Black Panther,' on one level, I was angry because DC would never let me write 'Batman,' so I was doing… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I was really into the first 'Spider-Man' films with Tobey Maguire, so it's pretty cool how it all came full circle. — Jacob Batalon Copy Share Image
![“Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ead/trevor-noah-1603_comedy_comedy-is-a-great-tool-we-comics-are-try_1262228.jpg)
