7+ Eric Bentley Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Eric Bentley quotes and sayings.

Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions. — Eric Bentley

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps. — Eric Bentley

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so. — Eric Bentley

If melodrama is the quintessence of drama, farce is the quintessence of theatre. Melodrama is written. A moving image of the worldis provided by a writer. Farce is acted. The writer's contribution seems not only absorbed but translated.... One cannot imagine melodrama being improvised. The improvised drama was pre-eminently farce. — Eric Bentley

A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor. — Eric Bentley

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike. — Eric Bentley

Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes. — Eric Bentley