At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

- Lynda Barry

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

- Lynda Barry

We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.

- Lynda Barry

are memories pictures or the secret doorway?

- Lynda Barry

The groove is so mysterious. We're born with it and we lose it and the world seems to split apart before our eyes into stupid and cool. When we get i…

- Lynda Barry

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

- Lynda Barry

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.

- Lynda Barry

You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.

- Lynda Barry

Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.

- Lynda Barry