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Cartoonists Quotes

John Kricfalusi quote: "Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more..."
Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained. John Kricfalusi
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word. Lynda Barry
Our visual cortexes are wired to quickly recognize faces and then quickly subtract massive amounts of detail from them, zeroing in on their essential message: Is this person happy? Angry? Fearful? Individual faces may vary greatly, but a smirk on one is a lot like a smirk on another. Smirks are conceptual, not pictorial. Our brains are like cartoonists - and cartoonists are like our brains, simplifying and exaggerating, subordinating facial detail to abstract comic concepts. Jonathan Franzen
Ted Rall quote: "I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many..."
I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful. Ted Rall
I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants. And to the tribe of basketball players. And to the tribe of bookworms. And the tribe of cartoonists. And the tribe of chronic masturbators. And the tribe of teenage boys. And the tribe of small-town kids. And the tribe of Pacific Northwesterners. And the tribe of tortilla chips-and-salsa lovers. And the tribe of poverty. And the tribe of funeral-goers. ... Sherman Alexie
Bill Watterson quote: "I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first..."
I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip. Bill Watterson
Cathy Guisewite quote: "I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male..."
I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page. Cathy Guisewite
Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future. Cathy Guisewite
When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became dependent creatively on drugs; like various cartoonists in the underground never did anything if they weren't stoned, That was the prerequisite for sitting down and drawing. Bill Griffith
I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker. Terry Gilliam
I wish my work would be recognized by a larger crowd of people as more art than be stuck with the cartoonist label for the rest of my life. Julie Doucet
People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph. Walt Disney
My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something different or experiment. Growing up with him, I was surrounded by different artists - not just actors or film-makers but cartoonists, poets, writers. Leonardo DiCaprio
At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil. Marc Davis
Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not. Jim Woodring

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