Christopher Fry quotes
Christopher Fry was an English playwright and poet, celebrated for his witty verse dramas. His works, including "The Lady's Not for Burning," helped revive poetic drama in mid-20th century Britain. He was praised for his lyrical style and influence on modern theater. Here are 14 of his quotes:
The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal life: against death, against the frustration of ambition, against the instability of human love. In the intuition we trust the arduous eccentricities we're born to, and see the oddness of a creature who has never got acclimatized to being created.
Christopher Fry
Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement... says heaven and earth in one word... speaks of himself and his predicament as though for the first time. It has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.
Christopher Fry
Christopher Fry
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Occupation: English Poet
Born: December 18, 1907
Died: June 30, 2005
Quotes count: 14
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