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 ALBEEI 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.
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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Art should never try to be popular.
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Death is release, if you’ve lived all right.
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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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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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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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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 writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
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Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, who’s afraid of living life without false illusions.
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