Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way theyre similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way its performed. – Chris Ware
Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. Theres some amazing work being done. – Chris Ware
I dont think theres any independent cartoonist whose stuff I dont like or respect in at least some way or another. Were all marginal laborers – were practically medical oddities – so I dont see why we cant all be nice to each other. – Chris Ware
As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually. – Chris Ware