Ralph Steadman Quotes
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At first, I thought 'this series is going to be all about death and desecration,' but instead became a more complex landscape of human relationships. I hope I put something of these feelings into the portraits that I made of the characters, which were landscapes in themselves. An irony in the subject of crystal meth is how beautifully it resembles the desert sky.
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I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.
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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
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Half of art is accident, but there is no accident without free experiment.
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Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.
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Isolationism is over.
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What I used to do with a passion, foolishly and vainly imagining I would change the world for the better, I no longer tolerate in myself or anyone else. But draw, always draw - and WRITE.
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I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.
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You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south, which of course will affect the atmosphere and us generally, and it'll happen more and more.
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Funny thing about Americans. They are the first to adopt weird lifestyles and radical views but they are the most conservative race on earth.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved.
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I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.
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It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.
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I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.
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What actually happened was that Rolling Stone paid me fifteen hundred dollars for the use of all the drawings - about twenty four of them - and then offered to buy the originals from me, which my agent urged 'was a good move!'. He sold the whole damn treasure trove to Jann Wenner for the princely sum of sixty dollars per drawing. I rue the day I let him convince me.
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Call immediately. Time is running out. We both need to do something monstrous before we die.
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One can derive the same fun from print-making as from making mud pies and great subtlety can be achieved through the use of transparent inks, half-tone screens and even accidental colour combinations, which is often where the art hides.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.
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There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just an opportunity to do something else.
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Whats a gonzotic frenzy? Well its me in the throes of an ink splattering attempt to capture the feeling I have at that particular time.
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America is ripe for lies and lethargy. The pure mountain air is going and gone. It is a huge burden and a sadness for us all.
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Animal Farm has seen off all the opposition. It's as valid today as it was fifty years ago.
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