If the work of art is good enough, it must not be criticized for its theme. I don't think it can be… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The ultimate judgment of a work of art, whether it be a masterpiece or a lesser event, must be solely in terms… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The act of creation, as you very well know, is a lonely and private matter and has nothing to do with the… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
You may dislike the intention enormously but your judgment of the artistic merit of the work must not be based on your… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don't want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist.… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don't… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When people don't like the way a play ends, they're likely to blame the play. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed.… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When people can't abide things as they are, when they can't abide the present, they do one of two things ... either they ...… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I know playwrights who like to kid themselves into saying that their characters are so well formed that they just take over. They determine… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The greatest problem with Irish Wolfhounds, though, is that they don't live very long: their great hearts give out. A good deal of this… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Writing has got to be an act of discovery…I write to find out what I'm thinking about. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
