Author: Brooks Atkinson

Quotes

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

- Brooks Atkinson

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

- Brooks Atkinson

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

- Brooks Atkinson

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

- Brooks Atkinson

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

- Brooks Atkinson

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

- Brooks Atkinson

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