The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.
EDWARD ALBEERemember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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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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First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
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I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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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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Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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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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Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
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A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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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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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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