Tom Stoppard

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#brought #certainty #desired #joy #may

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end? ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#eternity #going #i #mean #terrible

Good things, when short, are twice as good. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#good things #short #things #twice

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#consider #i #like #music #pop

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#cooking #film #got #haven #i

I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#been #coin #i #interested #me

In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#behave #between #contradiction #imposed #kind

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. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#art #hangs #hard #modern #modern art

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#black #black comedy #comedy #errors #great

Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#any #change #i #i am #involved