Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
BERTOLT BRECHTLittle changes are the enemies of great changes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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What 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.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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