Arthur Miller citáty
Arthur Miller
Datum narození: 17. říjen 1915
Datum úmrtí: 10. únor 2005
Arthur Miller byl významný americký dramatik a esejista. V letech 1956 – 1961 byl manželem Marilyn Monroe. V roce 1962 se oženil potřetí. Jeho manželkou a celoživotní partnerkou se stala Inge Morath - původem Rakušanka, významná fotografka, členka fotografické agentury Magnum Photos, představitelka humanistické fotografie.
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„Truchlím nad tím, že nevěřím v Boha, protože byl ke mně tak dobrý.“
— Arthur Miller
Source: [Kalendárium, ceskatelevize.cz, 2011-03-22, http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1095927644-kalendarium/3153-vyhledavani/?searchType=date&kMonth=02&kDay=10]
„Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away.“
— Arthur Miller, A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts
„Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.“
— Arthur Miller
As quoted in Finding Your Bipolar Muse : How to Master Depressive Droughts and Manic Depression (2006) by Lana R. Castle, p. 258
„Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.“
— Arthur Miller, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), Act 1
„Tragedy enlightens — and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. The thrust for freedom is the quality in tragedy which exalts. The revolutionary questioning of the stable environment is what terrifies.“
— Arthur Miller
Tragedy and the Common Man (1949), Context: The tragic right is a condition of life, a condition in which the human personality is able to flower and realize itself. The wrong is the condition which suppresses man, perverts the flowing out of his love and creative instinct. Tragedy enlightens — and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. The thrust for freedom is the quality in tragedy which exalts. The revolutionary questioning of the stable environment is what terrifies.
„Is the accuser always holy now?“
— Arthur Miller, The Crucible
The Crucible (1953), Context: Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God's fingers? I'll tell you what's walking Salem — vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant's vengeance! I'll not give my wife to vengeance!
John Proctor
„He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine.“
— Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman (1949), Context: Nobody dast blame this man. Willy was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back — that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.
Charley
„Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person.“
— Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman (1949), Context: I don't say he's a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall into his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person.
Linda
„I have seen too many frightful proofs in court — the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!“
— Arthur Miller, The Crucible
The Crucible (1953), Context: Though our own hearts break, we cannot flinch; these are new times, sir. There is a misty plot afoot so subtle we should be criminal to cling to old respect and ancient friendships. I have seen too many frightful proofs in court — the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!
John Hale
„More important, from this total questioning of what has previously been unquestioned, we learn.“
— Arthur Miller
Tragedy and the Common Man (1949), Context: Only the passive, only those who accept their lot without active retaliation, are "flawless." Most of us are in that category.
But there are among us today, as there always have been, those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them, and in the process of action everything we have accepted out of fear of insensitivity or ignorance is shaken before us and examined, and from this total onslaught by an individual against the seemingly stable cosmos surrounding us — from this total examination of the "unchangeable" environment — comes the terror and the fear that is classically associated with tragedy. More important, from this total questioning of what has previously been unquestioned, we learn.
