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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience. — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play. — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image
Quite the opposite. I might fall on my face, but I feel born again. — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image
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 Image
There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life. — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image