I think the first duty of all art, including fiction of any kind, is to entertain. That is to say, to hold interest. No matter how worthy the message of something , if it’s dull, you’re just not communicating. Poul Anderson
I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot. Steve Martin
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. W H Auden
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. Kin Hubbard
An entertainment is something which distracts us or diverts us from the routine of daily life. It makes us for the time being forget our cares and worries; it interrupts our conscious thoughts and habits, rests our nerves and minds, though it may incidentally exhaust our bodies. Art, on the other hand, though it may divert us from the normal routine of our existence, causes us in some way or other to become conscious of that existence. Sir Herbert Read
The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment. Howard Dietz
The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. Avery Brundage
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu
I don’t lecture and I don’t grind any axes. I just want to entertain. Gregory Peck
People will pay more to be entertained than educated. Johnny Carson
You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained…I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy, and drug addiction…I can get all that at home. Peter Cook
Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music. Edward Abbey