Art Quote by Robert Helpmann

I have been disappointed in all my expectations of Australia, except as to its wickedness; for it is far more wicked than I have…

— Henry Parkes

Australia's beautiful, but I'm not too into Australian culture.

— Jens Lekman

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

— Natalie Merchant

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

— Franz Kafka

It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look…

— Tony Abbott

In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.

— Brenton Thwaites

With increasing frequency and growing vehemence, you hear people saying they are ashamed to be Australians.

— Hugh Mackay

I make it my business to see or do something cultural in every place I go to. If you don't, you'll get into a…

— Jack Reynor

The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience.

— Flannery O'Connor

There is something about the Australian psyche that seems to like films that are slightly offbeat.

— Nick Park

It's the people and their stories that make Australia great. The scenery isn't bad either.

— John Bishop

I am ashamed to be Australian in these times.

— Francesca Da Rimini