“[The ruling class] sees people in the working class as being almost animals. It sees itself as being synonymous with civilization and its cultivation as coming from its natural abilities and not from its wealth and privileged opportunities. It doesn't see that the way in which it monopolizes these things distorts the culture it derives from them and that this makes its culture irrational and an enemy of civilization.” ArtDramaTheaterActivismSocialismCommunismSociologyMarxism Book:The Worlds with The Activists Papers Source: The Worlds with The Activists Papers
“Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't the faith or hope that we can, it is the demonstration that we can.” WorldArtExpressionArt IsConvictionRationalDemonstration Book:Lear Source: Lear
“Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.” KnowsArtRealityHappensLiteratureStageArt IsOur SocietyScrutiny Author:Edward Bond
