What did Brooks Atkinson mean by: It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth. Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA Copy
+ Real art is illumination, it adds stature to life. Author, June 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Beauty, Inspiration, Significance, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Contradiction, Perception, Resilience, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
+ Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy. Author, September 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Appreciation, Frustration, Jealousy, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
Don’t be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Empathy, Experience, Respect, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
+ Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit. Author, September 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Nature, Purpose, Travel, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
After each war there is a little less democracy left to save. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Democracy, Erosion, War, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Appreciation, Entertainment, Excitement, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
Writing is not an end in itself but life transmuted into radiance. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Brooks Atkinson, Life, Radiance, Transformation, 0 Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
