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Michael Leunig

Australian Cartoonist

Born: Jun 2, 1945

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Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality. Michael Leunig

Wisdom Best Reality Arise May Humbling

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. Michael Leunig

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I increasingly wonder whether most humans are in a constant state of unconsciously fearing each other. Perhaps they fear how intimately different other people might be to them, and the problem is that there is no real way of finding out just how huge that difference might be. Michael Leunig

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I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes. Michael Leunig

Sense Hopes Dashed Road Heaven Paved

Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to it all their lives, hold decent and reasonable hopes for its continued integrity. Michael Leunig

Integrity Culture Political Sense Carry Citizens Temperament Hopes Having Shared Devout Continue Decent Hold Regardless Reasonable Lives

It's a consoling notion that death is a very tiny hole, and you need to make yourself very small to get through it. One obviously needs to lighten off, and a rucksack full of bricks or a mantelpiece full of trophies will certainly have to be abandoned - the sooner the better, I say. Michael Leunig

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I must warn you right here and now that I am a 'wet leftie,' a 'leftist' and also a member of the 'bleeding heart liberal left.' I had no say in it whatsoever. I woke up one morning, and these things were tattooed across my forehead. Michael Leunig

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Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each other, making things worse, and fouling their own nest, all because they imagine things aren't good enough and should be made much better. Michael Leunig

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So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves. Michael Leunig

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Darkness is full of possibility. Michael Leunig

Darkness Possibility Full

The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination. Michael Leunig

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An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, or dull and nasty and insipid, or profoundly stupid in the special way that 'brainy' people can be. Michael Leunig

Life Education You People Suits Brainy Miserable Stupid Others Wild Way System Out Some Insipid More Chase Lead Goose Make Nasty Dull Than Help Special Profoundly

Many people first encounter Jesus during childhood when they are suddenly confronted by a horrifying statue of a man nailed to a cross, and this is often a most unfortunate and repulsive beginning. Michael Leunig

Man People First Beginning Statue Cross Horrifying Nailed Most Encounter Often Childhood Unfortunate Confronted Repulsive Many Suddenly Jesus

A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the world is keeping you locked away or shutting you out. Michael Leunig

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The relentless invisible storm of radio signals and electronic particles, the hustle and bustle, and the billions of petrol explosions in the engine blocks of trucks and cars seem to churn up the molecules of life and heaven so violently that the beautiful fogs are unable to hold together like they once did. Michael Leunig

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

Art Business World About Marvelous Also Messy Coming Senses Your

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 schools like a branch of public relations or political science. Michael Leunig

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I've learned to respect the whimsical. Michael Leunig

Respect Learned Whimsical

The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can wonder and fantasise with great ease. The world is his oyster, or any other thing he wants it to be. Michael Leunig

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