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Quote by Lynda Barry

“How old do you have to be to make a bad drawing?”

Book:Making Comics

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Making Comics

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Lynda Barry

Lynda Barry, born on January 2, 1956, is a renowned cartoonist. Her works are known for their unique style and profound themes, covering personal experiences, social phenomena, and philosophical thoughts. Barry's contributions have had a significant impact on the comic industry, and her creative approach and narrative techniques have provided new perspectives for subsequent cartoonists. more

“Beauty, it seemed to Amineh, did not have to be extraordinary to be cherished. Maybe that was its secret, that it lived in the most common expressions of man and nature. The artisan had discovered it in a block of wood, which he had carved into a scene of a young woman sitting at a window. The locals had created it through the colorful geraniums they placed on small protrusions covering every square meter of their adobe walls. Even the animals were not immune. Who could doubt the starlings’ ecstatic flight around the minarets of the mosque was inspired by the symmetry of that aging structure.”

Art Beauty In Nature Beauty In Life

Book:Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

Source: Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

“I realized how subversive Ruth was then, not because she drew pictures of nude women that got misused by her peers, but because she was more talented than her teachers. She was the quietest kind of rebel. Helpless, really.”

Art Talent Drawing Rebellion Rebel Teachers

Book:The Lovely Bones

Source: The Lovely Bones

“I really don't like art with a message, unless the message is crystal clear. If you have a message that really needs to be said, just fuckin' say it! Don't hide it in indecipherable lyrics... a sculpture, it's a play, the subtext... just fuckin' say it, 'cause the people who need to hear messages are dumb as shit--the masses of humanity are dumb as shit, and you're really just pandering to your friends. Say what the fuck you mean, just say it! Title the song 'eat more leafy greens'. 'Give a hoot, don't pollute' is as much message and art combined, 'cause I get that, it's a poem but I'm pretty sure you're saying 'don't pollute'. But if you have something... 'ooh, I have the cure for cancer...and I've hidden it in this Rubix cube!!' -- just fuckin' say it! - Before Turning the Gun on Himself [2012]”

Art Messages Poems Lyrics Subtext Obscurantism

Author:Doug Stanhope

“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone.. the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.”