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
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
Righteous people have no sense of humor.
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
People who understand everything get no stories.
The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.