At the age of nine, I simultaneously fell in love with two Dutch sisters because they seemed so beautifully strange, and their… — 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… — Michael Leunig Ambition Copy Share Image
So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally… — 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
Perhaps life is actually more confusing and unknowable to an adult than a child, but grown-ups have learned to deceive themselves and… — Michael Leunig Ability Copy Share Image
There is a central flaw in contemporary culture and a corresponding and related inability to address it. Society seems somehow unable to… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Practically every technology that is ever invented is touted as being the new savior, the thing that will bring peace and goodwill… — Michael Leunig Being Copy Share Image
The 'economy' became a god such as never before, and a happy, successful society was one that could please this god -… — Michael Leunig Angry Copy Share Image
If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor… — 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
There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness:… — Michael Leunig Appreciation Copy Share Image
If you're becoming weary and disillusioned with Australian values, Judeo-Christian values or Western civilisation, I recommend strangers - they're such a glorious,… — Michael Leunig Australia Copy Share Image
