Chris WareI have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners. ✨ I still have overwhelming doubt about my ability. Interview w… ▶371Reflection
Chris WareAs I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I… ▶322Life
Chris WareThere is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men typically are asked to excel. I believe… ▶318HumanityReading
Chris WareLately, I cant shake the feeling that Ive been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I cant account for most of my 20s, and I have to continually remind myself that certain … ▶253DeathHumanityLife
Chris WareI don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddit… ▶3110Thought
Chris WareMy grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. ✨ Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.the… ▶277Life
Chris WareThe thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of some alien race. ✨ Interview with Keith Phipps,… ▶2910Humanity
Chris WareMostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included. … ▶258Reading
Chris WareI think it has most to do with the way in which a story is told, whether it feels real either via the music of the telling or the honesty of the story.2710ThoughtTruth
Chris WareEven the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets.228Truth
Chris WareIt's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one does.2310Love
Chris WareOne of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.185Truth
Chris WareComics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal.154Life
Chris WareEvery city began as a campsite - pg. 25176Reading
