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Matt Groening, born on February 15, 1954, is an influential American cartoonist and animator. Known for his unique sense of humor and insightful commentary on societal issues, Groening is best known for his work on 'The Simpsons'. His cartoons have a satirical edge and have had a profound impact on modern popular culture.

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“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.”

People Mean Important Wish Creativity Life And Living Artistic Being Yourself Artistic Creativity Complying

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“God often gives nuts to toothless people.”

People Giving Nuts Toothless

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“Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour.”

People Ifs Trying Mind I Can Sometimes States Negative Mood Comic State Of Mind Sour Comic Strips Good Mood Punchlines

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“Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.”

People Writing Two Half Careers Talent Draws Come Up

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“Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.”

People Jokes Appreciate

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“People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.”

People Teacher Sitting Angry Drawing Shy Classroom

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“Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!'”

People Matter Solutions Jokes Banging Frame Of Reference

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“I may be biting off more than I can chew, but with 'The Simpsons' and with 'Futurama,' what I'm trying to do in the guise of light entertainment, if this is possible - is nudge people, jostle them a little, wake them up to some of the ways in which we're being manipulated and exploited.”

People Ifs Way Trying May Littles I Can Light Entertainment Guise Biting Nudge

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“I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got a heart, so I think it's pretty safe.”

People Thinking Firsts Heart Shows Used Safe

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“I went through a phase where people would introduce me at parties as a cartoonist, and everybody felt sorry for me. 'Oh, Matt's a cartoonist.' Then people further feeling sorry for me would ask me to draw Garfield. Because I'm a cartoonist, draw Snoopy or Garfield or something.”

People Feelings Asks Felt Party Draws Sorry Ask Me Introducing Phases Cartoonist Feeling Sorry Garfield Snoopy

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“Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.”

People Sometimes Stories Funny Messages Mad Celebration Subversive Funny Story

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“'The Simpsons' was about children and married parents; 'Futurama' is about people in between; they're growing up and haven't settled down. Every other cartoon show seemed to be, you know, dumb dad, bratty kids.”

People Knows Children Shows Kids Parent Growing Up Growing Havens Dad Married Dumb Be You Cartoon Cartoon Shows

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“The thing about a cartoon is, you can do whatever you want. The tightrope that we are walking on 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama' is "How do you continue to surprise the audience, but make them good surprises?" Not every surprise is good, but you want to continue jolting people.”

People Want Can Do Audience Walking Surprise Cartoon Do Whatever You Want

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“We did 'The Simpsons Movie,' which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us. So that's why there hasn't been a second movie. But I imagine if the show ever does go off the air, they'll start doing movies.”

People Ifs Years Doe Shows Four Imagine Air Tvs Four Years Tv Shows

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“One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor.”

People Internet Great Things Fascinating Sense Of Humor Critique

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“I think people who work in comedy and humor are hesitant to analyze it too much, because you feel like if you take it apart, you'll break it and not be able to put it back together again.”

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“Humor does depend on surprise, and the things that people remember as the funniest things in the world, you look at later and you go, "What? What was that all about?"”

People World Looks Doe Remember Depends Surprise

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“A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments, soccer games, romances, best friends, location of friend's houses, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.”

People Knows Men Children Dream Romance Games House Secret Soccer Location Appointments Dentist Hopes And Dreams Favorite Foods Soccer Game Short People

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“The Simpsons and Futurama are such big projects, going on for years and working in different media, that everything involved with them, promotion and merchandise and online presence and all the rest, deserve to be scrutinized, so that's part of it. I have a great deal of sympathy for anyone at the core of a multimedia juggernaut, even if you might not care for the specific pop-culture invasion of your brain. The people who do it work really hard.”

People Different Care Brain Deserve Online Promotion

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“When will people learn? Democracy doesn't work!" (Homer Simpson)”

People Democracy

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“When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.”

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“If people only knew how much I secretly hated them, they'd love me for holding it in.”

People Ifs Humor Funny Hated Insult

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“No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.”

People Matter Ability Millions Better Than You

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“A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen.”

People Ifs Believe Real Happens Would Be Life Is Fine

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About the Author

Born: February 15, 1954
Known for: Cartoonist
Quotes: 195

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