Art Quote by Mindy Kaling

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke

— Steve Martin

There is a lot of catarsis that passes itself off as art or comedy and I'm kind of critical of that. I think that…

— Mindy Kaling

People think they are not allowed to laugh at art, but they are. Damien Hirst laughs at himself. I know Jake and Dinos Chapman…

— Vic Reeves

Audience laughter, when it's deserved, acts as a sort of fairy dust that makes funny moments not just funny, but joyous.

— Graham Linehan

I think Britain has this tradition which suggests that if you make the readers laugh too much, you can't really be serious. Whereas, I…

— Mark Haddon

Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.

— Joan Rivers

Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.

— Jessica Williams

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

— Bryant H. McGill

Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I…

— Michael Frayn

Knowing about comedy has helped me with the drama. To see people laugh, it's like there are moments of catharsis in the middle of…

— Steve Coogan

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then…

— Jason Gann

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response…

— Arthur Smith