Creative Quotations from Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Arthur Miller
(1915-2005) born on Oct 17

US dramatist. He dealt with social and political problems in "Death of a Salesman," 1950 and "The Crucible," 1953.

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The apple cannot be stuck back on The Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.

The job is to ask questions -- it always was -- and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.

If I see an ending. I can work backwards.

The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress.

When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes commercial, it becomes the enemy of man.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
R:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	In "The Executives Quotation Book," ed. by James Charlton, 1993.
K:	In "The New Yorker," 16 Sep 1961.