Quote by Jacques Barzun
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. - Jacques Bar

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. – Jacques Barzun

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Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. – Jacques Barzun

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Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life. – Antonin Artaud

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We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. – Aldous Huxley

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Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe. – Germaine Greer

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The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions. – Aristotle

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Im an activist for gay marriage equality and childrens rights. Im the face of Share Our Strength. – Sandra Lee

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You cant but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because its a narrative art form. – Tom Stoppard

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Dreams are free, so free your dreams. – Terri Guillemets

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave – and nothing but laughter to console them with. – John Irving

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