The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate.” — Imre Kertész Copy Share Image
“Remember that in the midst of that which is most tragic there is always the comic and in the midst that which… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
What looks tragic might be comic on second consideration, and what is comic might bring tears in time. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is -… — Helen Clark MacInnes Copy Share Image
Life is deeply tragic and also very comic at the same time. It's everything at once. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It is tragic-comic to see that all this knowledge and understanding exercises no power at all over men's lives, that their lives… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words, a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate. On… — Imre Kertesz Copy Share Image
