--- title: "4 Finest Quotes By Arthur Miller" description: "4 Finest quotes by Arthur Miller. Plus more from Arthur Miller and more Finest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/arthur-miller-947_appreciation_above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-fine_489778.png" --- > [Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-finest-appreciation-by-the-writer/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/arthur-miller-947_appreciation_above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-fine_489778.png) > [Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists of this entire period. MY MICHAEL is a beautiful work of great depth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/amos-oz-is-one-of-the-finest-novelists-of-this-entire-period-my/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/arthur-miller-947_beautiful_amos-oz-is-one-of-the-finest-novelists-o_1182267.jpg) > [He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/he-s-not-the-finest-character-that-ever-lived-but-he-s-a-human-being/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/arthur-miller-947_attention_he-s-not-the-finest-character-that-ever_1336036.png) > [I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-don-t-say-he-s-a-great-man-willie-loman-never-made-a-lot-of-money/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/arthur-miller-947_attention_i-don-t-say-he-s-a-great-man-willie-loma_2663557.png) ## Other authors on Finest ## More by Arthur Miller > [If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-a-person-measures-his-spiritual-fulfillment-in-terms-of-cosmic/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“If you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive your parents for the crime of bringing you into the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-can-fall-in-love-again-and-again-if-you-can-forgive-your/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-wedding-of-christianity-or-judaism-with-nationalism-is-lethal/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“I know what's wrong with me - I could never stand still for death! Which you've got to do by a certain age, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-know-what-s-wrong-with-me-i-could-never-stand-still-for-death-which/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/you-cannot-catch-a-child-s-spirit-by-running-after-it-you-must-stand/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [ “(Looking at the letter in his hand) Then what is this if it isn’t telling me? Sure, \[Larry\] was my son. But I think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/looking-at-the-letter-in-his-hand-then-what-is-this-if-it-isn-t/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-two-greatest-plays-ever-written-were-hamlet-and-oedipus-rex-and/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/a-character-is-defined-by-the-kinds-of-challenges-he-cannot-walk-away/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/everybody-likes-a-kidder-but-nobody-lends-him-money/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The American Dream is the largely unacknowledged screen in front of which all American writing plays itself out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-american-dream-is-the-largely-unacknowledged-screen-in-front-of/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were useful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/when-it-is-recalled-that-until-the-christian-era-the-underworld-was/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“Elizabeth, with great fear: I will fear nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/elizabeth-with-great-fear-i-will-fear-nothing/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-know-you-re-no-worse-than-most-men-but-i-thought-you-were-better-i/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-best-of-our-theater-is-standing-on-tiptoe-striving-to-see-over/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“I only ask you one thing- don't trust nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-only-ask-you-one-thing-don-t-trust-nobody/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finest/arthur-miller/#itemlist", "name": "4 Finest Quotes By Arthur Miller", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-finest-appreciation-by-the-writer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/arthur-miller-947_appreciation_above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-fine_489778.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/arthur-miller-947_appreciation_above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-fine_489778.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/arthur-miller-947_appreciation_above-all-else-tragedy-requires-the-fine_489778.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect.” — Arthur Miller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists of this entire period. 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