In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.
EDWARD ALBEEWhen you get old, you can’t talk to people because people snap at you…. That’s why you become deaf, so you won’t be able to hear people talking to you that way.
More Edward Albee Quotes
-
-
As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I’ve been influenced by every single play I’ve ever experienced.
EDWARD ALBEE -
American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
EDWARD ALBEE -
A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
EDWARD ALBEE -
Progress is a set of assumptions.
EDWARD ALBEE -
There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
EDWARD ALBEE -
Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
EDWARD ALBEE -
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
EDWARD ALBEE -
When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don’t put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.
EDWARD ALBEE -
What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
EDWARD ALBEE -
Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
EDWARD ALBEE -
The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic — to present the world and people in it as he sees it and say, “Do you like it? If you don’t like it, change it.
EDWARD ALBEE -
First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
EDWARD ALBEE -
Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
EDWARD ALBEE -
Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
EDWARD ALBEE -
I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
EDWARD ALBEE