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My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Glasses Ham Head Like Looks

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There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out so quickly so that you can read it while passing by, like billboards or those flashcards before movie shows.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Before Billboards Everything Hate Laziness Like Modern Modern World Movie Out Passing Phrase Pumped Quickly Read Seems Shows Those Use While World You

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I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Corners Look Mouth Photos Smug Something Turns Up Way

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I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Few Friends Imagine Mom Occasionally Only Prefer Read Realize Somewhat Though Unrealistic Who Wife

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Lately, I can't shake the feeling that I've been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I can't account for most of my 20s, and I have to continually remind myself that certain people are dead now and many of my friends have children.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Account Been Certain Children Continually Dead Dream Feeling Friends Last Lately Living Many Most Myself Now People Remind Shake Years

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Drawing on a computer doesn't make any sense to me. It's not intuitive.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Any Computer Drawing Intuitive Make Me Sense

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As 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 wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Alone Also Earlier False Found Gotten Know Likely Means More Myself Nostalgia Nostalgic Nothing Occasionally Older Periods Realize Solitude Than Those Though Wanted Whatever

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I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Ability Age Believe Destroys Development Language Naming Our See I Believe I Believe That

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Comics, 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.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Almost Any Art Comics Critical Entirely Exist Form Free Hardly Least Personal Pretense Them World

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During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and trying to change my approach and 'style' as much as I could, since I knew that I'd calcify as I got older.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Approach Austin Blood Change Could Delivering Drawing Going Got Knew Much Newspaper Older Regular School Since Strip Style Texas Trying University Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: December 28th, 1967

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