Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. Edward Bond More Quotes by Edward Bond More Quotes From Edward Bond I think there is no world without theatre. Edward Bond theatreliteraturethinking If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond. Edward Bond engagementimportantpeople I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future. Edward Bond negativityshapeswriting In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice Edward Bond theatrejusticethinking Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity is mad. Edward Bond awkwardmadmen All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism. Edward Bond competitioncommunityends It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas Edward Bond democracymeanideas The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. Edward Bond tragedygreeksaid Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. Edward Bond donegreekdrama The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama Edward Bond literatureminddrama Law and order is one of the steps taken to maintain injustice. Edward Bond takenlaworder In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised. Edward Bond goodnessliteraturepast Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't the faith or hope that we can, it is the demonstration that we can. Edward Bond expressionworldart We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins. Edward Bond desertinsecurityliterature Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair. Edward Bond chairsliteraturehumanity Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human Edward Bond consciousliteratureanimal I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it. Edward Bond politicaljobsthinking As Shakespeare himself knew, the peace, the reconciliation that he created on the stage would not last an hour on the street. Edward Bond hoursstagelasts But we are not in the world to be good but to change it. Edward Bond be-goodworld Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. Edward Bond literaturerealityart
