All Michael Leunig Quotes
- 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
- Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it. Behind
- I had a few ducks as a kid. Ducks
- If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother. Baby
- Apparently, the pathfinder duck is a psychological archetype in certain cultures. Apparently
- Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable! Bishops
- What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values… Commerce
- Humanity hungers for the uncommon. Humanity
- There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are… Afternoon
- Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy. Alas
- In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in art… Art
- All the world loves a young emerging artist, and sometimes it seems that all the world wants to be one - on a bad, gloomy… All
- A world view is probably an expression of self. Expression
- I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me. Breaking
- As a cartoonist, I am not interested in defending the dominant, the powerful, the well-resourced and the well-armed because such groups are usually not in… Advocacy
- The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society. Artist