Jim Davis

Cartoonist

Jim Davis is a cartoonist best known for creating the iconic comic strip Garfield, which humorously explores themes of laziness and food.

Born
July 28, 1945
Quotes
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Rank
#3421

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"Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts...but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts"

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"Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you! Garfield: Feed me."

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"My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh."

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"There is never a need to outrun anything you can outwit."

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"In my head, the sky is blue, the grass is green and cats are orange."

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"When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash."

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"I thought you were dead, Mr. McCandles."

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"Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield."

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"I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make reading fun."

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"I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories."

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"I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek."

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"You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind."

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"I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of being able to really do stuff hasn't worn off - I still feel like I'm making up for lost time."

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"I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today."

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"We have a group of people now who think they own the state. Its disgusting."

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"I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition."

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"Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them."

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