The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they not have anything to do with anything, that they be our never-never land; and if we demand this same function of our live theatre, what will be left of the visual-auditory arts - save the dance (in which nobody talks) and music (to which nobody listens)?


Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee (ed. Da Capo Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9780786735815

Edward Albee Quotes

The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they not have anything ...

The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they not have anything ...

The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they not have anything ...

The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they not have anything ...