Tomi Ungerer Quotes

I've always been literally a lover of the absurd. I think the absurd gives a new dimension to reality and even to common sense. And life, you know, on an everyday basis, is absurd, or may turn out to be absurd. There's no reality without absurdity.

Far Out is never far enough because one challenge, if it is worthy at all, has to be followed by a greater challenge.

Drawing is the most direct and personal kind of graphic expression. Unlike painting, it doesn't forgive. You put down your black line, and there it is - as inevitable as death.

I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art.