Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
EDWARD ALBEEI find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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You’re alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn’t lived it?
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The only time I’ll get good reviews is if I kill myself.
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Sincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
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One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.
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I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
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Art should never try to be popular.
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If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
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A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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