Christopher Fry Quotes

A collection of quotes by Christopher Fry.

Christopher Fry (1907-2005) was an English playwright and poet. Known for his poetic dramas, he gained prominence in the mid-20th century with plays like "The Lady's Not for Burning" (1948) and "Venus Observed" (1950). Fry's works often combined wit, humor, and philosophical themes, earning him critical acclaim and popularity in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He was highly regarded for his skillful use of language and his ability to infuse his plays with lyrical beauty. Fry's contributions to theater and his distinctive style continue to be celebrated today.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair a narro

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair a narrow escape into faith.

Christopher Fry

The moon is nothing but a circumambulating aphrodisiac divin

The moon is nothing but a circumambulating aphrodisiac divinely subsidized to provoke the world into a rising birth-rate.

Christopher Fry

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narr

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Christopher Fry

Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazeme

Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement... says heaven and earth in one word... speaks of himself and his predicament as though for the first time. It has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

Christopher Fry

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.

Christopher Fry

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

Christopher Fry

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to se

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

Christopher Fry