Top 57 Quotes by Arthur Smith

About Arthur Smith

These are some quotes by English author Arthur Smith Comedian, who was born on November 27, 1954.

Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

Arthur Smith

About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?

About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?

Arthur Smith

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

Arthur Smith

Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album.

Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album.

Arthur Smith

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery.

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery.

Arthur Smith

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

Arthur Smith

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.

Arthur Smith

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