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Kenneth Tynan, born on April 2, 1927, and died on July 26, 1980, was a British critic, writer, and actor. Known for his profound insights into theater and sharp criticism, Tynan had a significant impact on 20th-century British drama.

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Famous Kenneth Tynan Quotes

“The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.”

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“What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.”

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“Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself”

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“Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.”

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“A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself.”

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“Art and ideology often interact on each other; but the plain fact is that both spring from a common source. Both draw on human experience to explain mankind to itself; both attempt, in very different ways, to assemble coherence from seemingly unrelated phenomena; both stand guard for us against chaos.”

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Book:Curtains: Selections from the Drama Criticism and Related Writings

Source: Curtains: Selections from the Drama Criticism and Related Writings

About the Author

Born: April 2, 1927
Died: July 26, 1980
Known for: Critic
Quotes: 48

Books & Sources

Curtains: Selections from the Drama Criticism and Related WritingsRelated source material

The Diaries of Kenneth TynanRelated source material

Tynan on theatreRelated source material

He That Plays the King: A View of the TheatreRelated source material

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