The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.
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…
- 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 … - 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 …
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…
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.
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 …
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy. - Brooks Atkinson
Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.
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…
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…
Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit. - Brooks Atkinson
Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.
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