Explore popular quotes and sayings by an illustrator Tomi Ungerer.
Last updated on November 5, 2024.
Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer was an Alsatian artist and writer. He published over 140 books ranging from children's books to adult works and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He was known for sharp social satire and witty aphorisms. Ungerer is also famous as a cartoonist and designer of political posters and film posters.
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.
I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art.
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.