All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
BERTOLT BRECHTIt’s never too late for those whose time has come.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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 BRECHTThe finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
BERTOLT BRECHTHe who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
BERTOLT BRECHTRealist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
BERTOLT BRECHT…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
BERTOLT BRECHTTo those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
BERTOLT BRECHTDon’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
BERTOLT BRECHTArt and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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