People who understand everything get no stories.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople who understand everything get no stories.
BERTOLT BRECHTSpring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
BERTOLT BRECHTImpact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhy be a man when you can be a success?
BERTOLT BRECHTNo one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHTI’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
BERTOLT BRECHTOne cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
BERTOLT BRECHTArt is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHTSometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
BERTOLT BRECHTGeneral, 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 BRECHTOf all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
BERTOLT BRECHTFrom the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHTWith drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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