Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHTShow them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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Life is short and so is money.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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