Michael Leunig quotes

It is known that wildfires behave unpredictably - this is fundamental - but it is my experience that humans in the presence of wildfire are also likely to behave in aberrant and unpredictable ways. (Michael Leunig)
The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society. View quote
Michael Leunig
Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and troublesome, just as nature or art can be. View quote
Michael Leunig
Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West. View quote
Michael Leunig
God help us to live slowly: To move simply: To look softly: To allow emptiness: To let the heart create for us. Amen. View quote
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There is some suffering that awaits us all. View quote
Michael Leunig
A world view is probably an expression of self. View quote
Michael Leunig
Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. View quote
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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 he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there. View quote
Michael Leunig
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. View quote
Michael Leunig
The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act - we start out with our ego, this hope of making this thing whatever it be, but so often it eludes us and it collapses and we kind of regress into this mental suffering, we can't find what we're looking for. (Michael Leunig)