clown quotes

Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert,Tom and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? All, all, are sleeping on the hill.

- Edgar Lee Masters
  Spoon River Anthology,'The Hill'.

The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.

- Sir (Francis) Osbert Sitwell
  The ScarletTree, bk.4, ch.2.