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

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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

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

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

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

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

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.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

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

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

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...

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...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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.

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...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery...

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery...

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and...

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and...

Eternity is really long, especially near the end

Eternity is really long, especially near the end

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead