"It strikes me that the only reason to take apart a pocket watch, or a car engine, aside from the simple delight of disassembly, is to find out how it works. To understand it, so you can put it back together again better than before, or build a new one that goes beyond what the old one could do. We've been taking apart the superhero for ten years or more; it's time to put it back together and wind it up, time to take it out on the road and floor it, see what it'll do."

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Source : Kurt Busiek (2011). “Astro City: Life in the Big City (New Edition)”, p.9, DC

Kurt Busiek

#Simple Quotes #Years Quotes #Wind Quotes

“These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur.”
“Don't waste the pretty”
“If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own”

Source : Interview with Erin Malone, boxesandarrows.com. October 27, 2002.
“America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.”
“Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.”

Source : "McDonnell Talks Super Tuesday". Interview with Jim Geraghty, www.nationalreview.com. March 5, 2012.
“I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.”
“My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.”
“I have to say, taking photographs is such an instantaneous act. The recognition and the acting on the recognition, depending on your equipment, is close to instantaneous.”

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