“It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.” UseArtistLanguageUnderstoodCodeRefugeObscurityIncompetence Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability.” ArtistResultsAspectCodeInabilityCompetenceLiteralDepartureTrue ArtistsExactness Author:Edgar Alwin Payne
“Once, I'd written a Western story, and one of the panels was just a hand holding a six-shooter, and there was a puff of smoke coming out of the barrel, and a straight horizontal line, indicating the trajectory of the bullet. So that page was sent back to me from the Code office, saying that the particular panel was too violent. I asked them what they meant, and they told me--I swear--"The puff of smoke is too big." Well, of course. So I had the artist make the smoke a little smaller, and the youth of America was saved.” WellsLittlesStoriesHandsBigsAmericaArtistCoursesLinesWrittenYouthParticularOfficeSixPagesWesternSavedViolentSmokeCodeComing OutSwearBulletsBarrelsTrajectoryPuffHorizontalShooterHand HoldingHorizontal Lines Author:Stan Lee