[Charles M. Schultz is] possibly the greatest cartoonist who ever lived * * Guardian * *
Forget Wittgenstein and Sartre, the great 20th century philosopher was Snoopy * * Daily Mail * *
I grew up with Peanuts. But I never outgrew it . . . For decades, it was our own daily security blanket. That's what makes Peanuts an American treasure -- PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
No comic strip before Peanuts ever felt like it was talking to me. I always felt like I knew Charlie Brown and all the other characters and I understood them in a way that I never did with any other strip -- WHOOPI GOLDBERG
Charles Schulz's brilliant, angst-ridden, truly funny, fifty-year-long masterpiece of joy and heartbreak -- MATT GROENING
Charles Schulz was, plain and simple, a great artist and philosopher . . . But most importantly, he teaches all ages that if you can learn to laugh at the things that cause you the most pain you will be the strongest of all. Peanuts: a real way of life -- JOHN WATERS
What a brilliant, truly modern and totally weird idea it was to create a comic strip about a chronically depressed child . . . * * Time * *
Charles Schulz was an American treasure - an artist, philosopher, and keen observer of human life -- BILL CLINTON
The world of Peanuts is a microcosm, a little human comedy for the innocent reader and for the sophisticated -- UMBERTO ECO
One can scarcely overstate the importance of Peanuts to the comics, or overstate its influence on all of us who have followed -- BILL WATERSON, author of CALVIN & HOBBES
