6 Quotes & Sayings By Art Spiegelman

Art Spiegelman is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel, Maus, which was originally published in two volumes in 1986 and 1991. His work has also appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Village Voice, and Art in America. Spiegelman was born in Brooklyn, NY. He received a B.A Read more

cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.F.A. from Yale University School of Art. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Françoise Mouly (a painter), and their sons Max (age 7) and Theo (age 5).

But here God didn't come. We were all on our...
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But here God didn't come. We were all on our own. Art Spiegelman
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Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week… Then you could see what it is, friends! … Art Spiegelman
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Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja. Art Spiegelman
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No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz. Art Spiegelman
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With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure. Art Spiegelman