Art Quotes

"I always wanted to get into show business to make people happy."

"Art is truth made visible through expression."

"Art is how you express what words cannot."

"The only thing that can console us for being unhappy is to lose ourselves in beauty."

"The art of oratory is the art of making deep noises from the chest sound like important messages from the brain."

"Comedy is like music. Timing is everything."

"The art of conversation is talking about yourself without mentioning yourself."

"Art is the expression of the soul in visible form."

"Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

"The role of the artist is to make people think and feel."

"Comedy is about finding the truth in the absurd."

"Comedy is serious business, but you never want the audience to know it"

"Art is the bridge between the visible and invisible worlds"

"The curves are where the real art is."

"I grew up in vaudeville, and that taught me everything about timing and understanding an audience."

"I learned my craft in vaudeville, where you either made them laugh or went hungry."

"I loved the vaudeville circuit—it taught me everything about timing."

"The best audience is one that listens with their hearts, not their ears."

"The greatest performance is the one where the audience forgets you're acting."

"People will do anything for a good story."

"Art imitates life."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Art is the most beautiful deception of all time; it is a deception that can elevate our thoughts and passions to divine heights."

"In art, as in life, it's not about being perfect; it's about being authentic."

"The pen is mightier than the sword"

"The face is a mask; movement is truth."

"Silence is golden, especially in comedy."

"In art, there are no mistakes, only happy accidents."

"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being."

"The real purpose of humorous acting is to lighten the load of living."