Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.

Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.

He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.

It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.

Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.