I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
EDWARD ALBEEDeath is release, if you’ve lived all right.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I’ve been influenced by every single play I’ve ever experienced.
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Art should never try to be popular.
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Art has an obligation to offend.
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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The act of creation, as you very well know, is a lonely and private matter and has nothing to do with the public area… the performance of the work one creates.
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When you get old, you can’t talk to people because people snap at you…. That’s why you become deaf, so you won’t be able to hear people talking to you that way.
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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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Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that’s what I like about you most. Your anger.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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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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When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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