The cult of nature is a form of patronage by people who have declared their materialistic independence from nature and do not have to struggle with nature every day of their lives. Brooks Atkinson More Quotes by Brooks Atkinson More Quotes From Brooks Atkinson Although birds coexist with us on this eroded planet, they live independently of us with a self-sufficiency that is almost a rebuke. In the world of birds a symposium on the purpose of life would be inconceivable. They do not need it. We are not that self-reliant. We are the ones who have lost our way. Brooks Atkinson nature self bird Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be. Brooks Atkinson judging life-is facts Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize those who have been caught. Brooks Atkinson daily-life shame guilt After each war there is a little less democracy left to save. Brooks Atkinson democracy littles war The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en mass, or for making overtures towards more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring. Brooks Atkinson party wine serious I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work. Brooks Atkinson diversity justice long Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. Brooks Atkinson half work trying The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. Brooks Atkinson photography artist giving 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 share them with the public. Real art is illumination. It gives a man an idea he never had before or lights up ideas that were formless or only lurking in the shadows of his mind. It adds stature to life. Brooks Atkinson real men art Real art is illumination, it adds stature to life. Brooks Atkinson illumination real art 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 something gloriously triumphant will prevent the worst before it happens. Brooks Atkinson balance evil love In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked behind most of the early plays. But not now. There is no conviction now that the problem will be solved. Brooks Atkinson optimism play america Writing is not an end in itself but life transmuted into radiance. Brooks Atkinson radiance writing book Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers. Brooks Atkinson men two ideas There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town. Brooks Atkinson towns play joy 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. Brooks Atkinson down-and criticism men Materialism is decadent and degenerate only if the spirit of the nation has withered and if individual people are so unimaginative that they wallow in it. Brooks Atkinson degenerates spirit people There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting each others throat. Brooks Atkinson cutting business matter Nobody is fully alive who cannot apply to art as much discrimination and appreciation as he applies to the work by which he earns his living. Brooks Atkinson alive appreciation art In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people. Brooks Atkinson ideals perspective people
