Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
BILL WATTERSONIf people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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