You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do. Jonathan Winters havelistenobserver Change image and share on social
I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day. Jonathan Winters daymotivatepaint Change image and share on social
Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. Jonathan Winters cancerdiseasefear Change image and share on social
I began painting well before I started doing comedy. In fact, when I came out of the war in 1946, I enrolled in art school in Dayton, Ohio. I painted for three years, and then show business took hold. Jonathan Winters artbeginbusiness Change image and share on social
Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it. Jonathan Winters airplanearmstrongforty share on social
I know you can be funny without being filthy. Jonathan Winters filthyfunny Change image and share on social
I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without being dirty. Jonathan Winters dirtyfeelfunny Change image and share on social
I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping. Jonathan Winters carchildhour Change image and share on social
My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation. Jonathan Winters basecomedycommon Change image and share on social
My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station. Jonathan Winters barbaragalmother Change image and share on social
