For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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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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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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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 first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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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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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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