When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and wishes to astonish, shock, and seem mysterious, that is a swindle. — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed... . Today… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
There is always a state of anxiety, of searching and delving for style. — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters. — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
“Ahhh! The Sky, Heaven and Hell..Those three words were known in the East..Once you take them out of our earthly world, the whole world… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
