Art has an obligation to offend.
EDWARD ALBEEDo you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
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Maybe it’s a little more pertinent now since the whole concept of evolution is being questioned by the know-nothing Republican right. Yes, maybe the play’s a little more pertinent now.
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In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.
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When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.
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I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.
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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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The most profound indication of social malignancy no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
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One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.
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First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
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All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time.
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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired.I’m tired of the truth and I’m tired of lying about the truth.
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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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