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" The depressing majority of comics seem to be about violence of one sort or another, [...] And I just don’t enjoy violence. I can see that narratively it is often a powerful spike in a story, but I certainly don’t want to dwell on it. I don’t want it in my real life, I don’t find violence entertaining in and of itself, or exciting, or funny.
But sex is happily part of most people’s lives, and crosses the mind most days, I would say, even if it’s just watching your partner get out of bed in the morning. [...] Most pornography is pretty awful. I mean, it does the job at the most utilitarian level, but it rarely excites other areas of the mind, or the eye. It’s repetitive, bland and often a bit silly. I was interested in trying to do something that has an aesthetic beauty to it if possible, and something that tickles the intellect as well as the more basic areas of the mind. Maybe that’s not possible, and as soon as you start to think too much, it stops working as pornography. I don’t think so, but I guess it’s in the eye and mind of the viewer. "
― Dave McKean , Celluloid
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" I like the adventures because you know that when they say, "I've got a plan," and then they tell you, you know it's not going to work. And when they say, "I've got a plan," and they don't tell you, you know it is going to work, and it's all very exciting. I thought real life might be like that for a while, so I didn't tell anybody what I wanted to happen, but it didn't make any difference. I knew I was kiddin' meself. "
― Dave McKean , Cages
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" Ma così è troppo facile. […] E’ facile restare dove siete. Fare radici. Vegetare, come una patata. E’ facile perché tutta l’avidità, l’ignoranza ed il diniego che ci sono al mondo sono vecchi quanto la prima bugia. E’ molto più difficile, dopo aver udito sfregare il fiammifero, dopo esservi riscaldati al cospetto dell’abbagliante fiamma, fare un passo avanti e illuminare un altro pezzettino dell’oscurità che vi circonda.
E’ difficile perché bisogna accettare che, a reggere la candela, ci si brucia la mano con la cera.
E, in fin dei conti, il dolore è parte del processo di rivelazione. E questa è la verità.
Amen. "
― Dave McKean , Cages
