There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
EDWARD ALBEEIn 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.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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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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Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
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When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don’t put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.
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School curriculum that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians.
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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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The most profound indication of social malignancy no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
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The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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Well, when you write about people of a certain age we are in a postsexual situation. If I write about younger people then I write sexually, because their drive is sexual. It depends upon the circumstances.
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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 people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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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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The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get.
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