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Howard Barker quotes

British Playwright June 28, 1946

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Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain of life. It is unsentimental, it takes us seriously as human beings, it is not condescending. Paradoxically, by seeing pain we are made greater, it becomes a need. Howard Barker
I wish I were not sensual... I wish I had not got from my mother, or my father was it, this need to grasp and be grasped, because it drives me into the arms of idiots who want to crush me. Wonderful, idiotic, crushing in the night. Can't you just crush me in the night? Howard Barker
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets. Howard Barker
It is impossible? now, at this point in the long journey of human culture? to avoid the sense that pain is necessity; that it is neither accident, nor malformation, nor malice, nor misunderstanding, that it is integral to the human character both in its inflicting and in its suffering, this terrible sense Tragedy alone has articulated, and will continue to articulate, and in so doing, make beautifu? Howard Barker
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it. Howard Barker
Howard Barker quote: "It's time we started taking our audiences more seriously, and..."
It's time we started taking our audiences more seriously, and stop telling them stories they can understand. Howard Barker
Howard Barker quote: "You emerge from tragedy equipped against lies. After the..."
You emerge from tragedy equipped against lies. After the musical, you're anybody's fool Howard Barker
Howard Barker quote: "I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let..."
I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'. Howard Barker
Howard Barker quote: "I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and..."
I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them. Howard Barker
I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre. Howard Barker
Howard Barker quote: "I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection...."
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. Howard Barker

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