Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Chris Ware

Quote by Chris Ware

“I guess I consider myself a cartoonist first, though I was "trained" as a painter/printmaker/sculptor. If there's still any resistance to cartooning in the nuts-and-bolts world of acquiring the means of survival, it's probably mostly on the pay scale. If graphic novels are selling really well and are "growing the book market" or whatever it is a businessman would say about them, I don't see it in the remuneration offered by some of the publishers.”

Quote by Chris Ware

Create image

Author

Chris Ware
Chris Ware

Chris Ware, born on December 28, 1967, is a renowned American cartoonist and illustrator. His works are known for their intricate line work, complex narrative structures, and profound thematic explorations, making him a representative figure in contemporary cartoon art. more

You May Also Like

“Storytelling is one of comics' esthetic hurdles at the moment, which was the novelist's problem 150 years ago: namely, to take comics from storytelling into that of "writing," the major distinction between the two to me being that the former gives one the facts, but the latter tries to recreate the sensation and complexities of life within the fluidity of consciousness and experience. As far as I'm concerned, that's really all I've been trying to do formally for the past decade or more with comics, and it's certainly time-consuming, since it has to be done with drawings, not words.”

GivingWritingTryingDoneMomentsProblemPastConsciousnessConcernedStorytellingComplexityHurdle
Author:Chris Ware
Create image

“I lose faith every time I have to start a new page, and this is no joke. I've occasionally been criticized over the past couple of years for publicly "complaining" about how difficult drawing comics is, yet I've only mentioned it so that the younger cartoonists who are trying it out and finding it difficult and painful realize that they're not alone. There's not really any set way of learning how to do this, and it's always a struggle to improve, and, more importantly, see accurately whether or not one's work is communicating any shred of feeling or truth at all.”

TryingFeelingsPastDifficultRealizingStruggleCoupleJokesPainfulCommunicateComplainingNot AloneOver The PastCartoonist
Author:Chris Ware
Create image

“Drawing the kind of comics that I do takes so long that to specifically address something as transitory as a political matter in it would be about as effective as composing a symphony with hopes that it would depose a despot. On top of that, I personally don't think that my version of art is the best way to deal with political issues at all, or, more specifically, the place to make a point. Not that art can't, but it's the rare art that still creates something lasting if its main aim was purely to change a particular unfair social structure.”

ThinkingKindLongArtPoliticalArt IsAimUnfair
Author:Chris Ware
Create image

“Reggae is a message of consolation; a message of salvation. The youth are going to the school and they have to listen to the words. The parents have to listen to the words. God has to listen to the words. So, we have to make it positive. If you sing nursery rhymes, it is nothing. You just blow up tomorrow, and the record dies at the same time. But if you give positive words, that song lives forever.”

GivingSchoolSongParentForeverYouthTomorrowSalvationBlowRhymeNurseryReggae
Author:Toots Hibbert
Create image