Comic Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Comics, as good as they might be, they didn't know much about performance. There aren't too many comics you could watch for an hour…

— Andrew Dice Clay

I'm a true opera buff. Operas make the best stories.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

— Frank Lloyd Wright

I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.

— Robert Wilson

I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They…

— Robert Wilson

“In fact, is the idea of a serious comparison of American musicals and opera really so outrageous?”

— Lawrence W. Levine

I don't think anything connects with an audience as deeply as a long-form serialized drama, and much as I love television, I've always found…

— Brian K. Vaughan

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

— Carlisle Floyd

Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you've got a play or an opera, there's a whole load of people and a set,…

— Arthur Smith

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

— Bruce Beresford

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement.…

— Baz Luhrmann