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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. "

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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. "

" A world view is probably an expression of self. "

" Apparently, the pathfinder duck is a psychological archetype in certain cultures. "

" 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. "

" Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped. "

" In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists. "

" It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive. "

" When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that knows his own father. "

" Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life? "

" 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. "

" There is some suffering that awaits us all. "

" I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers. "

" There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its whimsy and pointlessness may depict the story of life - and indeed could be a useful model to keep in mind, seeing as so much of life's ambition comes unstuck or leads to nothing much at all. "

" Anzac Day, it seems, must now be done with bluster, hoopla and media hypnotism. "

" Two's company and three's a crowd, but seven can be an uprising. And the seven can become 70 or 700 or 7000 very quickly if the sense of being wronged is felt broadly and truly enough. "

" I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah. "

" Today, people call each other 'guys' - this derives from Guy Fawkes, the bomb-making terrorist. No greater tribute has ever been paid to anyone in the history of politics. "

" 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. "

" It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. "

" I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me. "

" When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a desperate struggle for survival and liberation. Israel, on the other hand, would appear to be conducting an imperialistic campaign of oppression supported and substantially armed by the most powerful nation on earth. "

" Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks. "

" Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage. "

" I give thanks for the fact that I can get this stick with a bit of steel nib on the end, dip it in some black carbon stuff, and draw on paper. Now, people did it the same way 2,000 years ago. And there's something lovely about that play, and making mud pies and a mess. That's a lovely privilege. "

" 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. "

" Where do I get my information from? Well, I get it from the radio, and I get it from the newspaper, and then I get it from my conversations, and I get it from the paddocks around the bush. I get it; it turns up. You'd be most surprised how it turns up. "

" I think we live in delusional times, whether it's with a great ability to totally distract ourselves with technology, or with speed and the velocity of life. "

" I see a lot of my children. They're around the house all the time on the farm, you know. "

" Sweetheart,' 'darling,' 'luv.' I like these words; they fit me like a comfortable old pullover. I remember them from childhood; that's what innocent little boys were called by cheerful aunties back then, to make them feel welcome and secure in the world. "