George Pierce Baker quotes

Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else. (George Pierce Baker)
Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation. View quote
George Pierce Baker
Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men. View quote
George Pierce Baker
What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death. View quote
George Pierce Baker
But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure. View quote
George Pierce Baker