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Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Clouds Figures Landscape Little Perfect Relaxing Rhythm Rural Sky Surroundings Trees

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The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Colour Different Elegant Every Every Time Moon Nuance Puts Shape Show Time

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Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Bush Corporations Debt Destruction George George Bush Global Global Warming Important Me Ongoing Outrage Person Planet Railways Scary Should Somehow Takeover Things Third Third World Warming World

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A female friend who caught me watching Fashion TV reckons its audience is largely made up of slobbering men who are just taking a break from the appalling Men & Motors channel. I don't agree.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Agree Appalling Audience Break Caught Channel Fashion Female Friend Just Largely Made Me Men Motors Taking Taking A Break Tv Up Watching Who

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An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Artist Becomes Canvas Glamorous Masterpiece Uninspiring

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It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Awards Gig Know Never Not Worth It Since Turning Up Won Worth Worth It You

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Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Autobiography Between Books Boring Fact Fiction Large Lodge Travel

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The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: About Always Between Comedy Course Falls Funny History Indeed Relationship Short Someone Swimming The History Of Water

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When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Any Came Captain Doing Eight Everyone Hook Imagine Instinctively Laughed Me New Nine Offered Pan Peter Peter Pan Play Role School Script Terrifying Trying Use Version Wrote I Came

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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, but comedy is just one man or woman. And because TV has learned to love comics - there's so many more around now than when I started out.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Around Because Cheap Comedy Comics Got Just Just One Learned Load Love Man Many More Now Opera Out People Play Put Set Started Than To Love Tv Whole Woman You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Comedian

Born: November 27th, 1954

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