When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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