Ben Katchor Quotes

  • Ben Katchor Quote - To sell papers, they put color comics in. It’s worked, up until now. Now these papers can’t afford it. They always had minuscule ad budgets, and now the things which people probably read these papers for are gone.

    To sell papers, they put color comics in. It’s worked, up until now. Now these papers can’t afford it. They always had minuscule ad budgets, and now the things which people probably read these papers for are gone.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - I think both of those things should be running at full blast, not less of both so it becomes an easier thing. I think it should be twice as dense. That’s just what interests me.

    I think both of those things should be running at full blast, not less of both so it becomes an easier thing. I think it should be twice as dense. That’s just what interests me.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi is just a scholar.

    I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi is just a scholar.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - I think architectural appreciation would be a minor occupation after a nuclear war. People would just be happy to have something to eat.

    I think architectural appreciation would be a minor occupation after a nuclear war. People would just be happy to have something to eat.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn’t been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.

    I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn’t been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.

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  • Ben Katchor Quote - The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.

    The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - Really interesting novels, they always are so demanding of you on some level that you don’t fall asleep.

    Really interesting novels, they always are so demanding of you on some level that you don’t fall asleep.

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  • Ben Katchor Quote - You know how misleading an image is. You see an image in the newspaper, if they left the caption off, good luck knowing what’s going on. There is something inherently misleading about images, so they need annotation.

    You know how misleading an image is. You see an image in the newspaper, if they left the caption off, good luck knowing what’s going on. There is something inherently misleading about images, so they need annotation.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - A picture story just doesn’t run like a film. It doesn’t have 24 frames per second. It doesn’t deal with this illusion of movement. It’s more like if you did an illuminated novel.

    A picture story just doesn’t run like a film. It doesn’t have 24 frames per second. It doesn’t deal with this illusion of movement. It’s more like if you did an illuminated novel.

    BEN KATCHOR
  • Ben Katchor Quote - I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

    I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

    BEN KATCHOR
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