All Michael Leunig Quotes
- If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary dictates… Alive
- There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd say, 'Yeah well,… Ahead
- When the heart is cut or cracked or broken Do not clutch it Let the wound lie open Let the wind from the good old… Bathe
- Each day is a lifetime. In the morning we are born. The day lies before us: vast and bright and new. Born
- Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the soul with its… Agenda
- There is some suffering that awaits us all. All
- The cartoonist’s task is not so much to be balanced as to give balance, particularly in situations of disproportionate power relationships such as we see… Balance
- God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute. And… Afloat
- At the very simplest, I think as Van Gogh said and St Francis would have said, we must find nature. Just to be in the… Awake
- For me, spirit is the impulse towards life, the Eros in a person leaping forward, whereas soul refers to something possibly long.. suffering, where meanings… Art
- I didn't mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. Alone
- Ah, whimsical. It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. As is what I do is acting on a 'whim'. If only… Acting
- Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire. Battlefields
- The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act - we start out with our ego, this hope of making this thing… Act
- In order to be truthful we must do more than speak the truth. We must also hear truth, receive truth, search for truth. Hear
- Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that Anniversary
- Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where… Authority
- Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn at all! Better to become… All
- Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks. All
- Stay out of the loop, the club, the inner circle. Circle
- In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists. Accidentally
- Over the years, my marks on paper have landed me in all sorts of courts and controversies - I have been comprehensively labelled; anti-this and… All
- Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them… Alive
- Pre-Christmas is very important, and it is stressful, and, you know, even in the biblical story... travelling on the donkey in a stressful environment. Bible
- I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie I… Child