I Think Theatre Should Always Be Somewhat

There Is Only One Art, Whose Sole Criterion Is The Power, The Authenticity, The Revelatory Insight, The Courage And Suggestiveness With Which It Seeks Its Truth. ... Thus, From The Standpoint Of The Work And Its Worth It Is Irrelevant To Which Political Ideas The Artist As A Citizen Claims Allegiance, Which Ideas He Would Like To Serve With His Work Or Whether He Holds Any Such Ideas At All.

A Human Action Becomes Genuinely Important When It Springs From The Soil Of A Clearsighted Awareness Of The Temporality And The Ephemerality Of Everything Human. It Is Only This Awareness That Can Breathe Any Greatness Into An Action.

People Who Live In The Post-totalitarian System Know Only Too Well That The Question Of Whether One Or Several Political Parties Are In Power, And How These Parties Define And Label Themselves, Is Of Far Less Importance Than The Question Of Whether Or Not It Is Possible To Live Like A Human Being.

Frank Zappa Was One Of The Gods Of The Czech Underground, I Thought Of Him As A Friend. Whenever I Feel Like Escaping From The World Of The Presidency, I Think Of Him.

Responsibility Is Something Higher Than My Family, My Country, My Firm, My Success. Responsibility To The Order Of Being, Where, And Only Where, They Will Be Properly Judged.