Quotes by Clive James

Clive James

Australian author, poet, translator and memoirist

Lived from: 1939 - 2019

Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 7 october 1939 Died: 24 november 2019

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  • All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.
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  • As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.
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  • It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.
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  • Stop worrying - nobody gets out of this world alive.
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  • The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as long as the work of art he is contemplating appears to do the same.
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  • Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.
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What are the most famous quotes from Clive James?

The two most famous quotes from Clive James are:

  • "All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish."
  • "As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks."

When did Clive James live?

Clive James was born in 1939 and died in the year 2019.