Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal, sulking moodily over our lives at the end of the day. Michael Leunig daydisorderend Change image and share on social
I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie I could understand. Michael Leunig childmagimagpie Change image and share on social
I have always loved contemporary dance, but it has always been a bit of a mystery to me. But choreography is very much like what I do when you are putting characters in frame on the page. It's so impressive what they do with their bodies. It's like painting: an abstraction. Michael Leunig abstractionbitebody share on social
If you're becoming weary and disillusioned with Australian values, Judeo-Christian values or Western civilisation, I recommend strangers - they're such a glorious, redeeming wilderness to wander into. Michael Leunig australianchristiancivilisation Change image and share on social
Perhaps the more benign and poetic sense of God is established when we are babies in the moments of primal joy we might call 'the epiphanies of infancy' - the sensation of being blissfully held and feeling complete and at one with everything - yet having no words or no need to say it but instead to just assimilate the feeling. Michael Leunig assimilatebabybenign share on social
Apparently, the pathfinder duck is a psychological archetype in certain cultures. Michael Leunig apparentlyarchetypeculture Change image and share on social
Every child is a greedy child, I think. I mean, it's healthy to be a greedy child. Michael Leunig childgreedyhealthy Change image and share on social
How many times have I heard people say, 'I became very ill a couple of years ago; it got very serious, and I look back and give thanks for how it changed me and the truth I found.' Michael Leunig agobackchange Change image and share on social
Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny. Michael Leunig democracyfiendishheart Change image and share on social
The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society. Michael Leunig artistexpressgrief Change image and share on social