Occupation: Poet Birth: February 10, 1898 Death: August 14, 1956
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls..
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the ….
From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun..
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk..
Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?.
What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble wit….
For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him..
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..
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it..
The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so..
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!.
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose woode….
What a miserable thing life is: you're in clover; only the clover isn't good enough..
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London. I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Fi….
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencie….
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to know that the c….
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already..
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly..
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there..
Terrible is the temptation to be good..
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions..