Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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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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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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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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People who understand everything get no stories.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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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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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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