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
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
I don't trust him. We're friends.
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
If you wan to steal money, don't rob a bank - open one.
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn't struggle has already failed!
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
What a miserable thing life is: you're in clover; only the clover isn't good enough.
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.