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Quote by Alan Bennett

“I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.”

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Alan Bennett, a British playwright, screenwriter, and actor, was born on May 9, 1934. Known for his humor and satire, his works include 'The History Boys' and 'The Lady in the Van'. more

“In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed... . Today art has to look again at these unchanging qualities, because society is no longer unchanging. It is up to art today to show us what has become of these unchanging qualities in a world which is moving and changing.”

Men World Looks Art Shows Today Past Moving Quality Hatred Endure Greed Envy Traditional Manifest Like Love Unchanging Love Jealousy Envy And Greed

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“True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters.”

Mean Doe Moving Artistic Renewal Fetters

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“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.”

Seems Artist Wish Goal Sake Objectives Mysterious Shock Obscure Obscurity

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“There is always a state of anxiety, of searching and delving for style.”

States Creativity Style Anxiety Delving

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“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 is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler.”

Stills Ideas Political Party Responsibility Politician Intellectual Responsible Convinced Novelists Rulers Political Parties Playwright Freethinker Intellectual Freedom

Author:Tawfiq al-Hakim

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