What did George Jean Nathan mean by: The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. George Jean Nathan Copy
Musicals are to the theater what wines are to a substantial dinner. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Comparison, Entertainment, Sophistication, 0 George Jean Nathan
Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Emotion, Enjoyment, Experience, 0 George Jean Nathan
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Irrationality, Loveliness, Madness, 0 George Jean Nathan
Sex touches the heavens only when it simultaneously touches the gutter and the mud. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Heaven, 0 George Jean Nathan
Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Creativity, Exploration, Self-discovery, 0 George Jean Nathan
An abstainer is the sort of man you wouldn’t want to drink with even if he did. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Abstention, Preference, Socialization, 0 George Jean Nathan
A man’s wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Compromise, Illusion, Relationships, 0 George Jean Nathan
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Jean Nathan, Cynicism, Success, Validity, 0 George Jean Nathan
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
