Fernando Botero Quotes

The circus is the only spectacle I know, that while you watch it, givrd the quslity of a very happy dream.

The circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm as anything I know; in a way, it puts all the rest of show business in the shade.

I'm very influenced by the circus. A lot of the dreams that I have, I'm in the circus.

The circus itself is my personal ideal entertainment venue.

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

I've said it from the very beginning: Fighting the best guys in the world doesn't pay as good as the circus. I want to join the circus. I'm trying to get that circus money.

Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.

The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!

I always liked circuses, so I would have enjoyed that.

I could spend my whole life photographing circuses. They combine everything I'm interested in - they're ironic, poetic, and corny at the same time. There's also something about a circus that's magical, sentimental, and almost tragic, like a Fellini film.

This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career.

Damn everything but the circus.

I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.

The circus leaves a sweet memory.

The very first time I went to Madison Square Garden, I went to see the circus.

I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.

Kat had been picking things up since her third birthday, when Hamish and Angus's father took them all to the circus because he needed to "borrow" an elephant.

I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

I think I'd like to be a lion tamer, actually. That - that would provide the most audience entertainment if something went really badly.

For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.

I keep my iPod on shuffle most of the time, but I'm most into Cirque du Soleil soundtracks.

I'm all for big production - I love putting on shows.

Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet.