“The more I see of life, the more I am convinced that it is a great deal of nonsense.” Frequently attributed to Lear, but the original source is difficult to verify · Conversation or letter, as commonly attributed Joy Truth
“I am very fond of children, but I do not like their parents.” A popular attribution without a securely identified primary source · Conversation, as commonly attributed Childhood Joy
“I do not write for children, but for the child in all of us, whether he be of five, fifty, or seventy-five.” Widely attributed to Lear, though a precise primary source is not securely established · Conversation or letter, as commonly attributed Childhood Joy
“I am a great lover of nonsense.” A concise declaration of the creative value he found in the nonsensical · Letter, as commonly attributed Art Joy
“Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils.” Expressing his deep attachment to playful absurdity and imaginative freedom · Letter, as commonly attributed Art Joy
