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The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.
Robertson Davies
Art
Drama
May
Theater
Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.
Robertson Davies
Time
Old
Pretty
Students
Today
Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars.
Robertson Davies
Pornography
Trying
The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.
Robertson Davies
Writer
We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure.
Robertson Davies
People
Belief
Artists
Pleasure