Political Cartoonist Quotes

#1. I'm a theater guy at heart; I love the theater. I was lucky enough to spend a good decade and a half in the New York theater community.

Thomas Sadoski

#2. I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

Terry Gilliam

#3. He was a quiet man, not lonely and not shy, but cerebral and serious.

John Grisham

#4. The truth was, the difference between a studio photographer and a photojournalist was the same as the difference between a political cartoonist and an abstract painter; the only thing the two had in common was the blank page.

Lynsey Addario

#5. Art is not about achievement, but rather a new perspective to look from.

Armin Houman

#6. I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.

Bill Watterson

#7. Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

Jim DeMint

#8. The truth is, the difference between a studio photographer and a photojournalist is the same as the difference between a political cartoonist and an abstract painter; the only thing the two have in common is the blank page. The jobs entail different talents and different desires.

Lynsey Addario

#9. I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about.

Jonathan Shapiro

#10. I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably ... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.

Dr. Seuss

#11. My hands were made to touch you
My lips were made to love you
My eyes were meant to see you
My tongue was made to taste you.

Katy Evans

#12. I've been doing the 'Sherman's Lagoon' strip for about 18 years, and I was a political cartoonist before that for my hometown paper in Alexandria, Va.

Jim Toomey