3 Bertolt Brecht Quotes on Emotion

Bertolt Brecht quotes on emotion

2. A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

3. The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I've felt that way, too. That's the way I am. That's life. That's the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no escape for him. That's great art - Everything is self-evident. I am made to cry with those who cry, and laugh with those who laugh. But the theater-goer in the epic theater says: I would never have thought that. You can't do that. That's very strange, practically unbelievable. That has to stop. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is an escape for him. That's great art - nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.

64. The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.