I am ashamed of a human race that can continue to allow the sordid ambitions of politicized groups who genuinely feel that right is on their side, and can therefore instigate such atrocities in the name of their own sense of right and wrong.
Ralph SteadmanBeware of privilege. It stinks of rotten fish heads, many of which were lapping the shore beneath the jetties.
Ralph SteadmanAmerica 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.
Ralph SteadmanYou 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.
Ralph SteadmanOne 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.
Ralph SteadmanWhat 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.
Ralph Steadman