[Hillary Clinton] must be the first presidential candidate in history to devote so much energy to preaching against optimism, against inspiring language and — talk about bizarre — against democracy itself.
— Frank Rich, “The Audacity of Hopelessness“
I saw there was no reason to think that [comics] were intrinsically a limited form… ‘Cause you could choose ANY word that was in the dictionary… You got the same choice of words as SHAKESPEARE… and you got a huge variety of art styles that you could use. Comix are WORDS and PICTURES… WORDS AND PICTURES… you can do ANYTHING with WORDS and PICTURES…— Harvey Pekar
I asked my mother, what should I teach my kids? She said don’t teach them anything, just give them lots of supplies.— Tony Millionaire
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.— Judge Judy
The first and the last quotes are priceless. :)
I love following all the links. Thanks, Austin. And I was delighted to see my hometown newspaper, the burlington free press, linked in the NY Times article. Yay. A teeny bit of fame for the little Queen City.
hey y’all — glad you enjoy. I post a lot more links and quotes on my tumblelog: http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/ just in case someone hasn’t seen it yet…
Love . . . *love* . . . LOVE the Tony Millionaire quote!
I loved that one, too — reminded me a lot of my mom.