There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has not settled down and is not habit bound.
Materialism is decadent and degenerate only if the spirit of the nation has withered and if individual people are so unimaginative that they wallow i… - Brooks Atkinson
Materialism is decadent and degenerate only if the spirit of the nation has withered and if individual people are so unimaginative that they wallow i…
- Brooks Atkinson
We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and at the 11th hour so… - Brooks Atkinson
We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and at the 11th hour so…
The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been… - Brooks Atkinson
The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been…
Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It … - Brooks Atkinson
Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It …
There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town. - Brooks Atkinson
There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.
Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit. - Brooks Atkinson
Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.
Although the theater is not life, it is composed of fragments or imitations of life, and people on both sides of the footlight have to unite to make … - Brooks Atkinson
Although the theater is not life, it is composed of fragments or imitations of life, and people on both sides of the footlight have to unite to make …
It seems to me that the thing that makes the theater worthwhile is the fact that it attracts so many people with ideas who are constantly trying to s… - Brooks Atkinson
It seems to me that the thing that makes the theater worthwhile is the fact that it attracts so many people with ideas who are constantly trying to s…
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy. - Brooks Atkinson
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.
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