We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
BERTOLT BRECHTWe often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
BERTOLT BRECHTReality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
BERTOLT BRECHTI don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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.
BERTOLT BRECHTA 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.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou can make a fresh start with your final breath.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
BERTOLT BRECHTFor the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
BERTOLT BRECHTThe newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
BERTOLT BRECHTI’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
BERTOLT BRECHTOur audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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