What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard ShawRead
In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.
Interpretation
A true understanding of art often requires more than a single experience.
George Bernard Shaw suggests that to grasp the full impact of a play, even if it is poorly received, one must witness it on more than one occasion. This underscores the idea that initial reactions can be misleading and that deeper insights often emerge through repeated exposure, reflecting the complexity of artistic appreciation.
In practice
Introducing this quote when discussing the merits of controversial theater at a film festival.
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?
Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
I cannot write in verse, for I am no poet. I cannot arrange the parts of speech with such art as to produce effects of light and shade, for I am no painter. Even by signs and gestures I cannot express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer. But I can do so by means of sounds, for I am a musician.
The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.
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