Arthur Smith quotes

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. (Arthur Smith)
I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic. View quote
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An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist. View quote
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The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up. View quote
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The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer. View quote
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Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. View quote
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The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression. View quote
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Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not. View quote
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Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended. View quote
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If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s. View quote
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I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough. (Arthur Smith)
Obviously I am not bothered about men's fashion - is anyone, apart from Jonathan Ross? View quote
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I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags. View quote
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I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face. View quote
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The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it. View quote
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Every generation of children has its private hero. View quote
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I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube. View quote
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My eyebrows could do with a trim. View quote
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It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket. View quote
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Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office. View quote
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Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world. (Arthur Smith)
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo. View quote
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It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. View quote
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I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters. View quote
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Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape. View quote
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