Thornton Wilder Quotes about Theatre

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A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

Thornton Wilder

Believe, Theatre, Events

Thornton Wilder, Jackson R. Bryer (1992). “Conversations with Thornton Wilder”, p.71, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms.

Thornton Wilder

Art, Theatre, Acting

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.'

Thornton Wilder

Theatre, Action, Moral

Thornton Wilder, Jackson R. Bryer (1992). “Conversations with Thornton Wilder”, p.71, Univ. Press of Mississippi