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Kenneth Tynan Quotes

The vengeful hag is played by Ingrid Bergman, which is like casting Eleanor Roosevelt as Lizzie Borden Picture Quote #1

A useful word previously unknown to me: ‘ergophobia’, meaning ‘fear or hatred of work’. At last I can define myself in one word Picture Quote #1

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding Picture Quote #1

I hope I never need to believe in God. It would be an awful confession of failure Picture Quote #1

The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art Picture Quote #1

A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you’re keeping Picture Quote #1

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Everyone is vulnerable who is at once gifted and gregarious Picture Quote #1

Any country that has sexual censorship will eventually have political censorship Picture Quote #1

Dichotomy = operation performed on lesbians to make them normal Picture Quote #1

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself Picture Quote #1

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist Picture Quote #1

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clinches his fist Picture Quote #1

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If there’s one thing I can’t bear, it’s people who are wise during the event Picture Quote #1

There, standing at the piano, was the original good time who had been had by all Picture Quote #1

Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it would be bad literature; in the latter good Picture Quote #1

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car Picture Quote #1

How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself Picture Quote #1

The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society Picture Quote #1

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Art and ideology often interact on each other; but the plain fact is that both spring from a common source. Both draw on human experience to explain mankind to itself; both attempt, in very different ways, to assemble coherence from seemingly unrelated phenomena; both stand guard for us against chaos Picture Quote #1

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic Picture Quote #1

A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one Picture Quote #1

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening Picture Quote #1

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I lose all sense of the past Picture Quote #1

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world Picture Quote #1

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A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself Picture Quote #1

We shall be judged by what we do, not by how we felt while we were doing it Picture Quote #1

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The vengeful hag is played by Ingrid Bergman, which is like casting Eleanor Roosevelt as Lizzie Borden. (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A useful word previously unknown to me: ‘ergophobia’, meaning ‘fear or hatred of work’. At last I can define myself in one word (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) I hope I never need to believe in God. It would be an awful confession of failure (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you’re keeping (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Everyone is vulnerable who is at once gifted and gregarious (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Any country that has sexual censorship will eventually have political censorship (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Dichotomy = operation performed on lesbians to make them normal (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clinches his fist (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) If there’s one thing I can’t bear, it’s people who are wise during the event (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) There, standing at the piano, was the original good time who had been had by all (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it would be bad literature; in the latter good (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) Art and ideology often interact on each other; but the plain fact is that both spring from a common source. Both draw on human experience to explain mankind to itself; both attempt, in very different ways, to assemble coherence from seemingly unrelated phenomena; both stand guard for us against chaos (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I lose all sense of the past (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself (Kenneth Tynan Quotes) We shall be judged by what we do, not by how we felt while we were doing it (Kenneth Tynan Quotes)