It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Bertolt Brecht More Quotes by Bertolt Brecht More Quotes From Bertolt Brecht I don't trust him. We're friends. Bertolt Brecht trust friendship negative The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone. Bertolt Brecht joy happiness men Righteous people have no sense of humor. Bertolt Brecht sense-of-humor righteous people Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. ... In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding. Bertolt Brecht views science art If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors. Bertolt Brecht mirrors special art There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour. Bertolt Brecht division labor brain First the grub, then the morals. Bertolt Brecht miscellaneous moral firsts Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces. Bertolt Brecht squirrels perspective bird The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar. Bertolt Brecht hurt rain fall On thinking about Hell, I gather Bertolt Brecht cities brother thinking Don't tell me peace has broken out. Bertolt Brecht broken peace Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. Bertolt Brecht poverty wells wise One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life. Bertolt Brecht voice real men People who understand everything get no stories. Bertolt Brecht stories people If you wan to steal money, don't rob a bank - open one. Bertolt Brecht stealing money ifs When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does. Bertolt Brecht scar hurt doe The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers? Bertolt Brecht violent storm tree ...it is simplicity that is difficult to make. Bertolt Brecht software-design difficult simplicity The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one. Bertolt Brecht violent bed rivers Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral. Bertolt Brecht moral dies anger
