Ralph Steadman Quotes

The betrayal of people's good will, good trust that things are being done for the best and they actually ARE being done for the best.

Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.

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.

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.

Whores get bow-legged and bankers get mean, which is strange when you think that that if whores get bow-legged, bankers should get generous, but they never do.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

Americans live with the certain knowledge that the source of their greatness has not yet been released.

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.

I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.

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.

Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.

I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved.

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

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.

Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.

Half of art is accident, but there is no accident without free experiment.

Funny thing about Americans. They are the first to adopt weird lifestyles and radical views but they are the most conservative race on earth.

Call immediately. Time is running out. We both need to do something monstrous before we die.

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.

There is no truly global justice.

Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.

We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

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.