#thin

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 the same thing, which is an ever closer representation of what it feels like to be alive. ↗

— Chris Ware

#alive #basically #cartoonists #closer #consider

I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures. ↗

— Chris Ware

#i #i think #i write #illustrate #illustrator

I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners. ↗

— Chris Ware

#i #look #mouth #photos #preponderance

Do not empower your negative thoughts by giving them “legs” so they can run around your mind, creating worries,frustrations, and anxiety in your life. ↗

— Rodolfo Costa

#inspiration #motivation #positive-thinking #successfull-mind #inspirational

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

#feels #honesty #i #i think #most

My wife has joked that if anything ever happened to me, she'd gladly live out her life without anyone else around. I think it bugs her I'm home all the time; such is the life cycle of the cartoonist, however. ↗

— Chris Ware

#anything #around #bugs #cartoonist #cycle

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

#bad #blames #cartoon #might #painting

One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon. ↗

— Chris Ware

#appealed #build #comics #like #me

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 some alien race. ↗

— Chris Ware

#creation #discussion #fruits #hears #human

There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out so quickly so that you can read it while passing by, like billboards or those flashcards before movie shows. ↗

— Chris Ware

#billboards #everything #hate #i #laziness