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
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: "Brecht, amputate a leg!", I would reply, "Certainly, Your Excellency!", and cut off the leg. If I was told, "Perform a trepanning!" I opened the man's skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
Would it not be simpler If the Government Dissolved the people And elected another?
You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.