One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.
EDWARD ALBEEArt has an obligation to offend.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
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Art has an obligation to offend.
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Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!
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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that’s what I like about you most. Your anger.
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Every monster was a man first.
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