Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also of the communism that was always disappointing his deepest hopes. In a book that makes… — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image
You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army. — Richard Foreman Copy Share
I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self—evolving under the pressure of information… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do. — Richard Foreman Copy Share
I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience. — Richard Foreman Copy Share
From that time through the time I was a New Dramatist, when I was something like twenty-two, I saw absolutely everything in New York.… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of the highly… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life. — Richard Foreman Copy Share
As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors trying to make the… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
All the dialogue on tape, and we'd play the tape in performance. Then I thought it'd be interesting if the actor's repeated what they… — Richard Foreman Copy Share
