Art Spiegelman > Quotes

“To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.”
― Art Spiegelman, Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

“Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."
...On the other hand, he SAID it.”
― Art Spiegelman, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began

“Disaster is my muse.”
― Art Spiegelman, Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

“Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.”
― Art Spiegelman

“I'm not talking about YOUR book now, but look at how many books have already been written about the Holocaust. What's the point? People haven't changed... Maybe they need a newer, bigger Holocaust.”
― Art Spiegelman

“Sometimes I don't feel like a functioning adult”
― Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

“I know this is insane, but i somehow wish i had been in auschwitz with my parents so i could really know what they lived through! I guess it's some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than they did.”
― Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus