Paul Conrad

“I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.”

“If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that's the ideal editorial cartoon - it's to the point.”

“It is a peculiar art form, but I think it's a necessary art form - and I do believe it's a noble art form.”

“There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.”

“I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons.”