Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
BERTOLT BRECHTOne must live well to know what living is.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Show 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.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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But something’s missing.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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