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Terry Mosher

Canadian cartoonist

13+ Terry Mosher Quotes On Education

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Terry Mosher, also known as Aislin, is a Canadian political cartoonist. He has been drawing cartoons for the Montreal Gazette since 1972 and is widely recognized for his work. His cartoons often comment on current events, politics, and social issues in Canada. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Terry Mosher on leadership, education, life.

Born
November 11, 1942
Died
July 4, 2016
Known as
Canadian Political cartoonist
  • A contemporary politician has to be cognizant of things that are going on.
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  • For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works. If you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective. I draw cartoons now, not how it will appear in the newspaper, but how it will appear on the screen. I think most of us do. Now the challenge is to make it move and animate it in a very fast, quick way.
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  • Any young person who comes to see me, I say, 'Look, forget about print. You gotta think in terms of getting going with websites and online and that sort of thing.'
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  • If you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective.
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  • For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works.
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  • I think it's important to understand that a cartoonist is not drawing for favourable reviews from politicians. What we're trying to do is capture the popular feeling of the time about a politician or a particular political issue. For that reason I think it sums up public attitudes that is very helpful to historians down the road.
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  • A good cartoon, what it does, is sum up a situation, very neatly, as opposed to reading a lot of articles and so on.
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  • I think any good cartoon sums things up for people. It's kind of ironic we appear on the editorial pages of newspapers, but now of course we're transferring over to the net, and that gets a lot more attention.
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  • Despite that sort of reputation that Canada has of being a boring place, we really have produced really interesting politicians.
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  • Many cartoons I've drawn have been controversial, perhaps a little before their time, certainly when I was getting started.
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  • I drew a vicious cartoon of an Islamic extremist as a dog, knowing full well what an insult that was is in the Islamic world. Furthermore, I added an apology to dogs everywhere (being a dog lover myself).
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  • Personal matters aren't really any of my business. I don't care who is sleeping with whom for example unless it is somehow affecting an individual's performance in the public arena.
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  • It occurs to us that so-called "freedom fries" kill many more Americans than terrorists ever do.
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Life Lessons by Terry Mosher

  1. Terry Mosher's work shows that political cartoons can be a powerful tool for expressing opinions and conveying messages.
  2. Through his art, Mosher has demonstrated the importance of using satire to challenge authority and draw attention to social issues.
  3. His work has also highlighted the value of using humour to engage people in conversations about politics and current events.

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