--- title: "12 Dramatic Art Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Dramatic Art quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Dramatic Art sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/aldous-huxley-97_abuse_abused-as-we-abuse-it-at-present-dramati_3109509.jpg" --- > [Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/abused-as-we-abuse-it-at-present-dramatic-art-is-in-no-sense-2/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/aldous-huxley-97_abuse_abused-as-we-abuse-it-at-present-dramati_3109509.jpg) > [Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/jackie-gleason-said-that-comedy-is-the-most-exacting-form-of-dramatic/) [Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/chuck-jones-9878_art_jackie-gleason-said-that-comedy-is-the-m_55023.jpg) > [A passion for the dramatic art is inherent in the nature of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-passion-for-the-dramatic-art-is-inherent-in-the-nature-of-man/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/anonymous-1_art_a-passion-for-the-dramatic-art-is-inhere_1557137.jpg) > [Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-davis/dramatic-art-in-her-opinion-is-knowing-how-to-fill-a-sweater/) [Bette Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/bette-davis-2218_art_dramatic-art-in-her-opinion-is-knowing-h_136822.jpg) > [I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because it was the only drama school the social worker had ever heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mccabe/i-went-to-the-royal-academy-of-dramatic-art-because-it-was-the-only/) [Richard McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mccabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/richard-mccabe-23300_academy_i-went-to-the-royal-academy-of-dramatic_847008.jpg) > [I loved the idea of dramatic art of storytelling as a way to make sense of things. It's really what I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-gerwig/i-loved-the-idea-of-dramatic-art-of-storytelling-as-a-way-to-make/) [Greta Gerwig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-gerwig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/greta-gerwig-2602_art_i-loved-the-idea-of-dramatic-art-of-stor_2376407.jpg) > [The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art; it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/the-dramatic-art-would-appear-to-be-rather-a-feminine-art-it-contains/) [Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/sarah-bernhardt-15072_acting_the-dramatic-art-would-appear-to-be-rath_2888436.jpg) > [I'd always seen that people who had a piece of paper saying they were an actor as people who are definitely sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-crowe/i-d-always-seen-that-people-who-had-a-piece-of-paper-saying-they-were/) [Russell Crowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-crowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/russell-crowe-3564_theatre_i-d-always-seen-that-people-who-had-a-pi_3137009.jpg) > [There never is any such thing as one truth to be found in dramatic art. There are many. These truths challenge each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/there-never-is-any-such-thing-as-one-truth-to-be-found-in-dramatic/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/harold-pinter-3125_art_there-never-is-any-such-thing-as-one-tru_1998010.png) > [I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/i-make-my-films-because-i-m-affected-by-a-situation-by-something-that/) [Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/michael-haneke-3712_affected_i-make-my-films-because-i-m-affected-by_1091130.jpg) > [Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/abused-as-we-abuse-it-at-present-dramatic-art-is-in-no-sense/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/aldous-huxley-97_abuse_abused-as-we-abuse-it-at-present-dramati_990656.jpg) > [How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/how-can-you-put-out-a-meaningful-drama-when-every-fifteen-minutes/) [Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/rod-serling-2652_art_how-can-you-put-out-a-meaningful-drama-w_1620267.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dramatic-art/#itemlist", "name": "Dramatic Art Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; 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