Quotes by Tom Stoppard

"Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change."

"I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon."

"Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it."

"A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier."

"You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form."

"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture."

"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art."

"From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can literally recall looking at a comic at the age of six or seven and I remember what I enjoyed and what it was precisely and how the joke worked."

"I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."