Bertolt Brecht Quotes - Page 2

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• He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Enemy, Speak

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• Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Happiness, Hero, Land

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Life Of Galileo”, p.134, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Freedom, Democracy, Favors

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• Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?

  Bertolt Brecht

  Government, People, Ifs

  "Brecht on Brecht: An Improvisation". Book by George Tabori, 1967.

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• If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Race, Rats, Rat Race

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• Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Reality, Order, Representation

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• Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Life, Death, Anticipation

  "The Mother". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1930.

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• All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Government, Splits, Fool

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.186, Taylor & Francis

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• We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Feelings, Historical, Theatre

  Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (1964). “Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic”

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• The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Wisdom, Science, Errors

  Bertolt Brecht (1962). “Plays: The Caucasian chalk circle. The threepenny opera. The trial of Lucullus. The life of Galileo”

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• Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.

  Bertolt Brecht

  War, Writing, Thinking

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• All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Art, Art Of Living

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• Love is the wish to give, not to receive.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Love Is, Giving, Wish

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• General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver. General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

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  Crush, Powerful, Men

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.289, Taylor & Francis

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• Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.

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  Creating, Earth, Bears

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “The Threepenny Opera”, p.59, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Grub first, then ethics.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Food, Cooking, Firsts

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• Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

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  Happiness, Happy, High Heels

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• Everyone needs help from everyone.

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  Collaboration, Needs, Helping

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• You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Truth Is, Weak

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• In the contradiction lies the hope.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Lying, Contradiction

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• Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Book, Men, Weapons

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• The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Law, Naked, Literature

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Brecht Collected Plays: 2: Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins”, p.189, A&C Black

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• Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Art, Mirrors, Hammers

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• No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

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  Long, Literature, Demand

  Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley (1948). “Parables for the theatre: The good woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian chalk circle”

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• It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Art, Reality, Discovery

  "Essays on the Art of Theater". Book by Bertolt Brecht, 1954.

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