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The Reality? Is it then so certain that Life is made of four Absurdities?
Is it not far more certain that life is made up of Four Beauties
of Calmness, Joy, Harmony, Rhythm...
The truest reality.
And what of the expression of all this — Art?
Must Pandemonium and Ugliness ever stand for Strength?


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I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written play, without the use of actors.

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That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.

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Edward Gordon Craig

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Born: January 16, 1872
Died: July 29, 1966 (aged 94)
Bio: Edward Henry Gordon Craig, sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theater practitioner; he worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings.
Known for:
  1. On the Art of the Theatre (1905)
  2. Craig on theatre
  3. Index to the story of my days (1957)
  4. Gordon Craig on Movement and Dance
  5. The theatre--advancing (1919)

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