I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I have always loved contemporary dance, but it has always been a bit of a mystery to me. But choreography is very… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
As a child, I dreamed that my bed could fly and glide and swoop and hover high over the countryside near my… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
A dear friend of my early childhood has worked as an anthropologist in Papua New Guinea for much of her life, and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Sweetheart,' 'darling,' 'luv.' I like these words; they fit me like a comfortable old pullover. I remember them from childhood; that's what… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I am probably not alone in sensing above me the huge corporations and monstrous banks, science, politics and technologies, spy satellites and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I don't think I have spiritual beliefs in the structured sense - but I believe in the absolute necessity of spirit and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Over the years, my marks on paper have landed me in all sorts of courts and controversies - I have been comprehensively… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
How many times have I heard people say, 'I became very ill a couple of years ago; it got very serious, and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
What really irks me is the snide victimizing suggestion from some that I have tried to be lighthearted and funny... Oh my… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul'… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love and fear:… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
