Quotes from Edward Albee

If the work of art is good enough, it must not be criticized for its theme. I don't think it can be argued.

The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.

Art has an obligation to offend

Art is nowhere near as dangerous as it should be.

Art should never try to be popular.

Death is release, if you've lived all right.

The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get.

The one living playwright I admire without any reservation whatsoever is Samuel Beckett. I have funny feelings about almost all the others.

Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end.