Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
BERTOLT BRECHTAll artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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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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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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