Author: Chris Ware

Quotes

Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.

Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.

- Chris Ware

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

- Chris Ware

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.

- Chris Ware

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 realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

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 realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

- Chris Ware

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 cartoon.

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 cartoon.

- Chris Ware

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.

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.

- Chris Ware

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 the telling or the 'honesty' of the story.

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 the telling or the 'honesty' of the story.

- Chris Ware

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