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Edward Albee Quotes: A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
         

A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.


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If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.



The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.

The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.



Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.



Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.



The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.



Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.



You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?



You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.



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 rather than immediately understand.

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 rather than immediately understand.



School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians





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Where there is contempt/scornful rejection and slander, there wealth will not remain.

Where there is contempt/scornful rejection and slander, there wealth will not remain.



A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark cluds and she looked up to see a silver lining. It was a sign, she thought.

A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark cluds and she looked up to see a silver lining. It was a sign, she thought.



Endurance over-goaded, stretched the hand of fraternity to sedition.

Endurance over-goaded, stretched the hand of fraternity to sedition.



The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.

The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.



Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.



Stop trying, stop struggling; begin to be calm, to trust in the higher laws of life, even though you do not see them; they are still there.

Stop trying, stop struggling; begin to be calm, to trust in the higher laws of life, even though you do not see them; they are still there.



As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering.

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering.



I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me -Rosalie Cullen

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