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“The American Theater” has to be one of my favorite essays ever.

“A good play is a good thought; a great play is a great thought. A great thought is a thrust outward, a daring act. Daring is of the essence. Its very nature is incompatible with an undue affection for moderation, respectability, even fairness and responsibleness. Those qualities are proper for the inside of the telephone company, not for creative art.”

“It is necessary that the public understand again that the stage is *the* place for ideas, for philosophies, for the most intense discussion of man’s fate.”

“Experience tells me that I will probably know better next year what I feel right now—it usually takes that long to understand anything.”