Hermann Bahr quotes
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“Words are not in the power of men; men are in the power of words. Every time we open our mouths, a thousand dead men speak through us.”
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“Man screams from the depths of his soul; the whole era becomes a single, piercing shriek. Art also screams, into the deep darkness, screams for help, screams for the spirit. This is Expressionism.”
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“Let the artist show his world, the beauty that was born with him, that never was before and never will be again.”
-- Hermann Bahr
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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Source : Adam Selzer (2010). “I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It”, p.42, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.”
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“Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.”
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“The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.”
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“We reached the point where weapons should go silent and ideas speak.”
Source : "The Crisis in a Nutshell: Quotes of the Week" by Aswini Periyasamy, www.newyorker.com. March 22, 2013.
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