Loesje

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Strive for the ideal.

Loesje is an international free speech organisation started in Arnhem (Netherlands) in 1983. Loesje went international in 1989. Its charter is to spread creativity, positive criticism, ideas, philosophical ponderings and thoughts on current events by way of short slogans on posters, signed by a fictional character, Loesje(a Dutch female name).

Quotes[edit]

Printable files of these statements can be found by searching by Key-words at the Loesje International Website Poster Archive

1980s (in Dutch)[edit]

  • Wacht niet op jezelf knal eruit
    • Loesje.nl, 1983 ; cited Fleur van der Bij, Loesje: De biografie. 2023. p. 91; Also Loesje booktitle, 2017
    • Simple translation of Dutch phrase: Don't wait for ypurselve. Burst out.
  • Streef onbekommert naar het ideale
    • 1986 ; Poster presented by Niels van de Griend of the new political party Loesje at May 6, 1986 in The Hague
    • Simple translation of Dutch phrase: Strive for the ideal ; Or more exact: Strive not concerned for the ideal

1990s[edit]

1990[edit]

First international quotes in september 1990 translated from the Dutch
Cited in: Fleur van der Bij, Loesje: De biografie. 2023. p. 157
  • EVERYTHING CHANGES ALL THE TIME AND THIS WILL ALWAYS BE SO
    • Loesje International, 09.1990
More quotes in the 1990
  • AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY MAN CREATED GOD

More quotes in the 1990s[edit]

  • Leven is het meervoud van lef
    • Loesje, 1 september 1991.; Cited in: Fleur van der Bij, Loesje: De biografie. 2023. p. 157
    • Translation by Fleur van der Bij (2023): LIFE MULTIPLIED EQUALS COURAGE
  • Hij die zonder mening is verwijdere de eerste poster
    • Loesje, 1 juni 1998; Cited/shown in: NOS Nieuws, Dinsdag 7 november 2023
    • Plain translation of Dutch phrase: he who is without opinion, remove the first poster
  • Initiatief zoekt nemer (m/v)
    • Booktitle Initiatief zoekt nemer (m/v), Stichting Vrienden van Loesje, 1999. 128 pp
    • Plain translation of Dutch phrase: Initiative searches for taker (man/women)

2000s[edit]

Plakatkünstler, 2006 (in German)
Eva Hepper "Plakatkünstler," Podcast at deutschlandfunkkultur.de, 02.03.2006
  • Je länger du auf die Zukunft wartest, desto kürzer wird sie
    • Similar phrase in English by Loesje (2005): THE LONGER YOU WAIT FOR THE FUTURE / THE SHORTER IT WILL BE
  • Du wirst geboren und begraben – willst du auch noch gelebt werden?
    • Similar phrase in English by Loesje (1991) : I LIVE SO I DIE / WAIT A MOMENT I'M NOT DEAD YET
  • Glaube an dich, aber hüte dich davor, zur Religion zu werden.
    • Plain translation of German phrase: Believe in yourself, but beware to turn into religion yourself
More quotes from the 2000s
  • IF THERE IS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION - CAN I HAVE YOUR NUMBER

2010s[edit]

  • Out of the box is my everyday routine.
    • Loesje (2017); Cited in Inge van Kooten-Satter. Mensen maken of breken een verandering. 2020. p.8

2020s[edit]

  • Hoeveel wereldproblemen heb jij op je to-dolijstje
    • loesje.nl, 15 juni 2020.; Phrase printed at Loesje - Studieagenda, 2022-2023
    • Plain translation from the Dutch: How many world problems do you have on your to do list

Quotes about Loesje[edit]

  • Loesje houdt van verstoppertje spelen.
    • Eppo König, "Een jongen en hij heet Loesje," NRC Handelsblad, 27 november 2006
    • Plain translation of Dutch phrase: Loesje likes to play hide and seek.
  • Loesje 40 jaar: posters niet meer overal, maar teksten 'in geheugen gegrift'
    • NOS Nieuws, Dinsdag 7 november 2023, 21:07
    • Plain translation of Dutch phrase: Loesje 40 years: posters not everywhere anymore, yet lines are engraved in the collective memory.

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