I write to find out what I’m talking about.
EDWARD ALBEEInfluence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
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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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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 think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
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Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody’s encouraged to want less, you’ll end up with less.
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I don’t feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place afterward.
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When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.
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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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I have been both overpraised and under praised. I assume by the time I finish writing — and I plan to go on writing until I’m 90 or gaga it will all equal itself out.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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