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. Tomi Ungerer More Quotes by Tomi Ungerer More Quotes From Tomi Ungerer 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. Tomi Ungerer drawing black expression Far Out is never far enough because one challenge, if it is worthy at all, has to be followed by a greater challenge. Tomi Ungerer worthy enough challenges I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art. Tomi Ungerer sponges daily-life art