People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life.

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer

Life would die without poets, and democracy must have its spellbinders.

Throughout the play everything possible was done to show the virtue, innocence and helplessness of the poor, and the abandoned cruelty, the heartless self-indulgence of the rich.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.