Quotes by Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.

Difficult

Simplicity

Software Design

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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.

Art

Order

Philosophy

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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

Giving

Men

Police

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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Acting

Men

People

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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

Fool

Government

Splits

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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women. The latter normally concerns itself with profit, the former with pleasure. In the coming age, art will fashion our entertainment out of new means of productivity in ways that will simultaneously enhance our profit and maximize our pleasure.

Art

Fashion

Mean

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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

Art

Mirrors

Reality

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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Change

Moving On

Stay Strong

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Boy Meets Girl, So What?

Boys

Broken Heart

Girl

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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Anticipation

Death

Life

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