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People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s

People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.

Bill Watterson
Art, Mistake, Thinking
"It's a Magical World". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1996.

It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

Bill Watterson
Art, Expression, Perception
Bill Watterson (1996). “The Calvin & Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book”

In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.

Bill Watterson
Art, Hands, Comic Book

It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy."

Bill Watterson
Art, Writing, People
Source: bob.bigw.org

Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.

Bill Watterson
Art, Moving, Alive

Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.

Bill Watterson
Art, Doe, Asking

Saturday morning cartoons do that now, where they develop the toy and then draw the cartoon around it, and the result is the cartoon is a commercial for the toy and the toy is a commercial for the cartoon. The same thing's happening now in comic strips; it's just another way to get the competitive edge. You saturate all the different markets and allow each other to advertise the other, and it's the best of all possible worlds. You can see the financial incentive to work that way. I just think it's to the detriment of integrity in comic strip art.

Bill Watterson
Morning, Art, Integrity
Source: bob.bigw.org

Although I'm certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I'm fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.

Bill Watterson
Art, Offering, Needs
Source: www.annistonstar.com

When I get to the drawing, I really enjoy taking a big chunk of time and working on the drawing and nothing else. That allows me to make sure that I'm really challenging the art, making each picture as interesting as I can.

Bill Watterson
Art, Drawing, Interesting
Source: bob.bigw.org

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