The art of the clown is more profound than we think. It is the comic mirror of tragedy, and the tragic mirror of comedy. Andre Suares

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The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes. Jack Dee

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A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast. Groucho Marx

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There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when no one's around. Smokey Robinson

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A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or spade. He's not an eight or a nine, a king or a jack. He is an outsider. He is placed in the same pack as the other cards, but he doesn't belong there. Therefore, he can be removed without anybody missing him. Man Ray

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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one. Miguel de Cervantes

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I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. William Shakespeare

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Enlightened beings are rare in the universe. They are the joker in the deck. They are outside the circle. Frederick Lenz

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The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a white face. James Hillman

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Laughter may instruct but it may also conceal, defending the joker against anger and retaliation: a game is only a game. Margaret Atwood

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Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do. Marc Maron

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Nobody likes a clown at midnight. Stephen King

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There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time. Jostein Gaarder

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The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself. Friedrich Schiller

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The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than the arrival of twenty asses laden with drugs. Thomas Sydenham

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Clowns and elephants are the pegs on which the circus is hung. P. T. Barnum

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Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world. Tina Weymouth

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The first thing any comedian does on getting an unscheduled laugh is to verify the state of his buttons. W. C. Fields

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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken serously. Barry Humphries

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Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand. George Herbert

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The funniest thing a comedian can do is not do it. W. C. Fields

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The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering. Patch Adams

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A clown sees life simply, without complications. George Bishop

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A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit. Lord Chesterfield

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A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal. Fred Allen

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A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny. Buster Keaton

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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man. Malcolm X

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Be a clown, be a clown, all the world loves a clown. Act the fool, play the calf, and you'll always have the last laugh. Cole Porter

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Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter. Mel Gussow

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There is no better role to play among the great than that of jester. Denis Diderot

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