Brooks Atkinson was a renowned American theater critic, known for his profound insights and distinctive reviews that had a significant impact on the development of American theater in the 20th century.
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“New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers.”
“Writing is not an end in itself but life transmuted into radiance.”
“I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.”
“After each war there is a little less democracy left to save.”
“Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.”
“Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be.”
“Poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.”
“It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.”
“In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people.”
“Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers.”
“There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.”
