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.
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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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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Art should never try to be popular.
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If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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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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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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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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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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What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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Death is release, if you’ve lived all right.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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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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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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Every monster was a man first.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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