Art has an obligation to offend.
EDWARD ALBEE
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.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Art has an obligation to offend.
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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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I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them ‘all of my life.’
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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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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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Sincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
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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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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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