--- title: "10 Think Quotes By Michael Leunig" description: "10 Think quotes by Michael Leunig. Plus more from Michael Leunig and more Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/michael-leunig-2274_ability_i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whet_2544769.png" --- > [I think we live in delusional times, whether it's with a great ability to totally distract ourselves with technology, or with speed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whether-it-s-with-a-great-ability/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/michael-leunig-2274_ability_i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whet_2544769.png) > [I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. Anyway, I think it's the artist's function to have their melancholy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-think-melancholy-is-part-of-the-natural-condition-you-know-anyway-i/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/michael-leunig-2274_anyway_i-think-melancholy-is-part-of-the-natura_303210.png) > [The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/the-hypocrisy-of-some-is-that-we-like-to-think-of-ourselves-as/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/michael-leunig-2274_also_the-hypocrisy-of-some-is-that-we-like-to_1904331.jpg) > [Every child is a greedy child, I think. I mean, it's healthy to be a greedy child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/every-child-is-a-greedy-child-i-think-i-mean-it-s-healthy-to-be-a/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/616/michael-leunig-2274_child_every-child-is-a-greedy-child-i-think-i_2231727.png) > [All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/all-good-art-is-seditious-but-the-people-in-authority-can-never/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/michael-leunig-2274_art_all-good-art-is-seditious-but-the-people_1967906.png) > [In my adolescence, I think I felt very outcast; I felt lonely. I felt great loneliness, and sometimes I wouldn't partake in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/in-my-adolescence-i-think-i-felt-very-outcast-i-felt-lonely-i-felt/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/michael-leunig-2274_adolescence_in-my-adolescence-i-think-i-felt-very-ou_1535867.png) > [As a child, I heard many warnings from teachers about the perils of talking with strangers. Yet now, fairly late in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/as-a-child-i-heard-many-warnings-from-teachers-about-the-perils-of/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/michael-leunig-2274_about_as-a-child-i-heard-many-warnings-from-te_1067912.png) > [I just happen to believe that what's at stake in the early child's development is so vital and so important, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-just-happen-to-believe-that-what-s-at-stake-in-the-early-child-s/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/michael-leunig-2274_believe_i-just-happen-to-believe-that-what-s-at_2431261.png) > [I don't think I have spiritual beliefs in the structured sense - but I believe in the absolute necessity of spirit and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-don-t-think-i-have-spiritual-beliefs-in-the-structured-sense-but-i/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/michael-leunig-2274_absolute_i-don-t-think-i-have-spiritual-beliefs-i_1374531.png) > [There's a particular sensitivity required to be an artist, and a certain vulnerability, perhaps, and also, somewhere between, you're in your body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-s-a-particular-sensitivity-required-to-be-an-artist-and-a/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/michael-leunig-2274_also_there-s-a-particular-sensitivity-require_1870509.png) ## Other authors on Think ## More by Michael Leunig > [In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/in-my-journey-as-a-cartoonist-i-seem-to-have-accidentally-stumbled/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/have-i-got-the-right-to-experiment-with-my-child-s-life/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love and fear:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-are-only-two-feelings-love-and-fear-there-are-only-two/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/if-european-symbols-and-traditions-have-grown-tired-perfunctory-and/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and-degrades-human-nature-it/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-became-a-cartoonist-because-i-d-sort-of-failed-at-everything-else/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-never-really-understood-who-the-magi-were-as-a-child-what-is-a-magi/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/god-bless-this-tiny-little-boat-and-me-who-travels-in-it-it-stays/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-can-be-many-reasons-to-travel-but-wandering-into-the-world-for/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-m-totally-deaf-in-my-right-ear-yeah/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Emotional stability has not been America's gift to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/emotional-stability-has-not-been-america-s-gift-to-the-world/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/life-seems-sadly-mishandled-by-humans-as-if-it-s-all-too-much-for/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/if-you-know-anything-about-ducks-you-know-a-baby-duck-will-imprint/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. Anyway, I think it's the artist's function to have their melancholy and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-think-melancholy-is-part-of-the-natural-condition-you-know-anyway-i/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) > [At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally than before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/at-last-after-completing-year-12-i-failed-the-great-final-examination/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think/michael-leunig/#itemlist", "name": "10 Think Quotes By Michael Leunig", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we live in delusional times, whether it's with a great ability to totally distract ourselves with technology, or with speed and the velocity of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Leunig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whether-it-s-with-a-great-ability/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/michael-leunig-2274_ability_i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whet_2544769.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/michael-leunig-2274_ability_i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whet_2544769.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/michael-leunig-2274_ability_i-think-we-live-in-delusional-times-whet_2544769.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think we live in delusional times, whether it's with a great ability to totally distract ourselves with…” — Michael Leunig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. 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