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"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."
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"Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only by means of that something more does it communicate the emotion at all."
"We often forget to draw a new picture because we are so busy criticizing other paintings."
"A beautiful poem is nothing but a mirror of philosophy through which we can see life's pure beauty."
"Poets create a beautiful blue sky where you can fly with wings of imagination and find yourself again and again."
"The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life."
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."
"Literature tries to express the intricate inner beauties of life. Philosophy tries to explain the intricate inner beauties and conflicts of thoughts."
Explore more quotes by Kenneth Tynan
"The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic."
"A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one."
"Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clinches his fist."
"A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I lose all sense of the past."
"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."
"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."
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