A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief.
Quotes about satirist (16 Quotes)
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.
Victoria is a clever satirist, ... She understands the awfulness that's at the heart of a lot of modern culture.
The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.
I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist.
I believe no satirist could breathe this air. If another Juvenal or Swift could rise up among us tomorrow, he would be hunted down. If you have any knowledge of our literature, and can give me the name of any man, American born and bred, who has anatomized our follies as a people, and not as this or that party and who has escaped the foulest and most brutal slander, the most inveterate hatred and intolerant pursuit it will be a strange name in my ears, believe me.
If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite I never judge what other people do. Neither a politician nor a priest, I never censor what others do. Neither a philospher nor a psychiatrist, I never bother trying to analyze or resolve my fears and neuroses.
It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.
Where do they get that stuff about me being a satirist I just listen.
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a bricklayer or anybody else.
I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.