Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
BILL WATTERSONIn the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You’re ignorant, but at least you act on it.
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
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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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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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