Author: Michael Leunig

Quotes

The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.

The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.

- Michael Leunig

The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and hid in the bush as the time of initiation approached.

The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and hid in the bush as the time of initiation approached.

- Michael Leunig

Out of economic hardship can come change - we are suddenly cast onto our wits and our talents and our resources and our strengths, as we lose all the choices we once had.

Out of economic hardship can come change - we are suddenly cast onto our wits and our talents and our resources and our strengths, as we lose all the choices we once had.

- Michael Leunig

Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.

Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.

- Michael Leunig

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

- Michael Leunig

The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power.

The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power.

- Michael Leunig

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