Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHTI am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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