All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don't want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don't think art should be escapist. That's a waste of time.
I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I'm tired.I'm tired of the truth and I'm tired of lying about the truth. - Edward Albee
I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I'm tired.I'm tired of the truth and I'm tired of lying about the truth.
- Edward Albee
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve. - Edward Albee
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
When you get old, you can't talk to people because people snap at you.... That's why you become deaf, so you won't be able to hear people talking to … - Edward Albee
When you get old, you can't talk to people because people snap at you.... That's why you become deaf, so you won't be able to hear people talking to …
Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere. - Edward Albee
Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather … - Edward Albee
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather …
If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive? - Edward Albee
If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive?
I write to find out what I'm talking about. - Edward Albee
I write to find out what I'm talking about.
People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.' - Edward Albee
People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'
Art has an obligation to offend - Edward Albee
Art has an obligation to offend
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