Tom Stoppard Quotes:
Ocupation: Playwright
Life: b. July 3, 1937
Birthday: July 3
To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.
source: Tom Stoppard (2011). “Travesties”, p.45, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
topic: War, Eye, Artist, Zurich, Narcissus, Self Absorption
