"People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too fri…"

"Take a look at those clowns And the tricks that they play In the circus of life Life is bitter and gay'There are clow…"

"There was Mark, whom I frightened into disguising himself in a clown's suit, so that nobody might suspect him to be a…"

"I remain just one thing, and one thing only — and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politi…"

"The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army is looking for fools and rebels, radicals and rascals, tricksters and trai…"

"CIRCA aims to make clowning dangerous again, to bring it back to the street, restore its disobedience and give it bac…"

"Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter."

"You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if…"

"I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call it a dag. … It's quite an affectionate term, but it means your basically a b…"

"A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character."