American - Artist | December 28, 1967 -
I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be 'seen through,' or, even worse, instantly hated.
Chris Ware
PeopleKnowThroughExpectSeen
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.
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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.
MusicHonestyStoryThinkWayReal
Lately, I can't shake the feeling that I've been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I can't account for most of my 20s, and I have to continually remind myself that certain people are dead now and many of my friends have children.
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Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.
ReadingTelevisionKidMajorityOnly
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.
ArtPaintingThinkBadUnderstand
Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.
TryingSometimesMy OwnPossibleOwn
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.
AlienLaborCreationWhyUnderstand
A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.
LifeBookSometimesRealReal Life
I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.
ChildPeopleSaidMessyGrandmother
My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.
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Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.
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