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Ralph Steadman talks about his new film, 'For No Good Reason,' and the drawings that have meant the most to him._  by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/)  ## Belinda Luscombe Editor at Large May 2, 2014 3:00 PM UTC  by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/)  ## Belinda Luscombe Editor at Large May 2, 2014 3:00 PM UTC Ralph Steadman, whose macabre and frenetic drawings have illustrated everything from _Rolling Stone_ to children’s books, is the subject of the new documentary [_For No Good Reason_](http://time.com/73824/review-johnny-depp-cozies-up-to-artist-ralph-steadman-for-no-good-reason/). Still witty (and frankly, kind of adorable) at 77, the artist came to TIME to talk about the film — and the drawings that have meant the most to him. While Steadman is known for his playfulness, he often draws as a way of delivering a stinging social critique. He got his big break when he covered the Kentucky Derby with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson: “My job was to be there and provoke,” he says. “We were looking for the ugly side of Kentucky Hunter said he remembered from his childhood.” Many of his other pictures are critical of Western incursions into other countries, and he has a distinctly anti-authoritarian streak that he says is the result of a cruel headmaster at his school. The documentary, which is in theaters now, indicates that Thompson and Steadman didn’t always get along; there are several instances when a clearly exasperated Steadman has to turn off the camera as their conversation spirals downwards. But he’s obviously drawn to quirky characters, and vice versa: the person asking Steadman most of the questions in _For No Good Reason_ is his old friend Johnny Depp. ## Transcript When you drew the picture of the Kentucky Derby, did you know that that was going to be your big break? I don't think either of us, either Hunter or myself, really thought it would get anywhere. It seems like the horse is kind of beautifully drawn, and all the humans are sort of ugly. That was the way I felt. I mean horses are the most beautiful creatures anyway. I just decided my job was to be there, and provoke. We were looking for the ugly face, the awful face of Kentucky. The ugly side of it, that Hunter says he remembers from childhood. And when the races were on, I would turn round and face the audience all standing up and screaming for the horses come on, come on, and that's when I took my pictures, and got a whole load of the pictures of the, the pictures of the, the audience. Somebody said, hey buddy turn around the, the race is that way! [ LAUGH ]. Is this kind of a favorite of yours from that? I do like it a lot. I like, I like the idea of the desert landscapes disappearing to the horizon, and seeing the horizon, and being able to use my, my sort of parallel lines broadening out, becoming the sky. It seems quite macabre. But it, you were trying for playful? I think it's funny. I mean to me it's fun. And I, I like the fact that there's a [ UNKNOWN ] of, you know. Dead. Dead. Yeah, just the side issue of that picture, is threat. Bats in the sky, you know. I guess I was thinking of it like that, really, as sort of a story of somebody going looking for the dark side of America. You know, the heart of darkness really it's gotta be from that. That was part of the Big I Am and I thought the world was crying with the pain and suffering of putting up with human beings. And it's exploding all over the place. It's like a bray, like a child, you know they, the child you think, my God it must be, but it's not. It's just expressing itself, you know. It's not really in pain. But, but I think it's getting a bit to look like that because some big explosion's going on. One of the things people don't realize about you, because your work is so whimsical, is that you actually do have very strong views, you know, politically, and you, you would like your work to make an impact at, in in changing the world. Is this, is this come from that series? That's quite like beautiful pictures, you know, like watching Monet, looking at Monet, water lilies, and things of that kind. And I consider Picasso to be the great cartoonist of the 20th century. And I've done my own version of Guernica, you know, and I've done Gonzo Guernica, you know, and I'm trying to get the edition finished. What do you enjoy drawing the most? What I do now, more than ever is, when I've done a blot on paper, I put a beak on it to see where it will go from there. It's quite interesting, doing that. I invent birds. The best one I've invented is the needless ****. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] It's like, you know, it's like sort of hm, hm. If you were in Kent and, I don't know, terrorists came and they said you can only keep one of your originals, cause I know you love to keep your originals. Yeah, I do, yeah. Which would it be? Or maybe two, if you want two. No the rule of three, The three. It would be Alice, the court room scene from Alice in Wonderland. The Lizard Lounge from Fear and Loathing. And it would be a portrait of Anna. Your Wife. My wife, yeah. Is there one you have in mind or- Yes, which I did in pencil, 1974. Lying on the couch and I just drew that because she was sleeping. It was nice. And you said of this picture, that it's kind of shame you made it. I tried to do a drawing of something and see if it would emerge as a really significant creature, and it doesn't look like anything, it's terrible. That's one of my worst drawings. [ LAUGH ] It's not a drawing. I actually kind of like it. Oh, well that's all right. At least it looks like it's saying something. Excuse me. [ LAUGH ] That's [ INAUDIBLE ]. 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