Bertolt Brecht on mirrors
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.”
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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I divorce myself from listeners who aren’t tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it’s all right, and then they go out.
Ben FoldsBen Folds Some people are quick to challenge others but refuse to look in the mirror and challenge themselves.
Behdad SamiBehdad Sami If you can’t look in the mirror and genuinely love 100% of what you see, how can you possibly say “i love you” to someone else.
Behdad SamiBehdad Sami I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?
Bela LugosiBela Lugosi I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand Departed suns their trails of splendor drew Across departed summers: whispers came From voices, long ago resolved again Into the primeval Silence, and we twain, Ghosts of our present selves, yet still the same, As in a spectral mirror wandered there.
Bayard TaylorBayard Taylor Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls There comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the mirror, and say, ‘Here I am. This is the body-like-no-other that my life has shaped. I live here. This is my soul’s address
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