Cartooning Quotes

“To be a cartoonist is to be a moralist. The cartoonist's job is to say that we are all sinners.”

“I've always loved comics, and I've always wanted to be a cartoonist.”

“A cartoonist is a writer and an artist. If you look at a comic strip, you see that it's a perfect marriage of art and writing.”

“My job is to be the court jester. He's the only one who can tell the king he's an idiot.”

“You can't be a cartoonist and not have a sense of humor.”

“To be a successful cartoonist, you have to be a good storyteller.”

“Many of the cartoons I drew for 'The Family Circus' were inspired by my own family.”

“I've always said, 'I'd rather be a king in my own comic strip than a prince on Broadway.'”

“Garfield is a human in a cat suit.”

“My business is drawing pictures, not writing captions.”

“I think the most important thing in a comic strip is to make people laugh.”

“I don't just try to be funny.”

“The worst thing you can do as a cartoonist is to be boring.”

“I wanted to be a cartoonist because I liked making people laugh and I liked making people think.”

“Cartooning is a wonderful lifestyle.”

“They can't yank a novelist like they can a cartoonist.”

“Cartoons are a form of journalism, and I've always seen myself as a journalist.”

“Cartoons are a great way to get a message across quickly and powerfully.”

“A cartoonist is a writer and an artist. You have to have an idea and then you have to draw it.”

“The duty of the cartoonist is to be a nuisance.”