Quotes by Maxwell Anderson

“And the days dwindle down To a precious few, September, November - And these few precious days Id spend with you, These golden days Id spend with you”

“If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.”

“There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime”

“What price Glory?”

“He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.”

“From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero.”

“The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless”

“Theres a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And you prop up the window with a stick on the sill, And you carry spring water from the bottom of the hill; And the white star of Bethlehem grows in t”

“This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it”

From the point of view of the playwright then the essence of a tragedy or even of a serious play is the spiritual awakening or regeneration of his hero.