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.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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

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

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.