Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Richard McGuire

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Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Richard McGuire

Richard McGuire is an American illustrator, comic book artist, children's book author, and musician. His illustrations have been published in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Le Monde. His short story Here is among the most lauded comic book stories from recent decades. An updated book-length version of Here was published by Pantheon Books in December 2014.

Born: 1957
I'm very minimalist. However, I don't like to hang onto any particular style - whatever serves the purpose.
When I see a salt and pepper standing next to a bottle of ketchup, to me that's obviously a parent and two children, you know? Isn't it for everybody?
I guess the anthropomorphising is something I've done all my life. — © Richard McGuire
I guess the anthropomorphising is something I've done all my life.
I like it when I can get really abstract.
Everyone has a burden, everyone has some baggage they're carrying.
I come from more of a sculptural background so I think of the form before anything else.
I'm always projecting onto objects like they're alive in some way.
When you see a knife, fork and a spoon it seems to me like there are two of them together on one side of a plate, and then there's one on the other. It seems like a couple and a singleton. It seems obvious to me!
The drawings need to be strong enough to stand alone, and not just work as part of a sequence.
There's a satisfaction in seeing something happen over time.
I'm a minimalist when it comes to design.
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