Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brechtwas a German poet, playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century. He made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 February 1898
CityAugsburg, Germany
CountryGermany
Bertolt Brecht quotes about
If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be a crooked line.
You want justice, but do you want to pay for it, hm? When you go to a butcher you know you have to pay, but you people go to a judge as if you were off to a funeral supper.
The wickedness of the world is so great you have to run your legs off to avoid having them stolen from under you.
The atomic age made its debut at Hiroshima in the middle of our work. Overnight, the biography of the founder of the new system of physics read differently.
She's not so pretty anyone would want to ruin her.
You can only help one of your luckless brothers By trampling down a dozen others
What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?
What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions. He even prides himself on his political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics. He doesn't know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational corporations.
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.