How long
Do works endure? As long
As they are not completed.
• "About the way to construct enduring works" [Über die Bauart langdauernder Werke] (1932), trans. Frank Jones in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 193
Do works endure? As long
As they are not completed.
• "About the way to construct enduring works" [Über die Bauart langdauernder Werke] (1932), trans. Frank Jones in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 193
“
Wie lange
Dauern die Werke? So lange
Als bis sie fertig sind.
— Bertolt Brecht
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Wie lange
Dauern die Werke? So lange
Als bis sie fertig sind." in the context of "How long
Do works endure? As long
As they are not completed.
• "About the way to construct enduring works" [Über die Bauart langdauernder Werke] (1932), trans. Frank Jones in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 193" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Bertolt Brecht" (Quotes, Posthumous publication, Poems, 1913-1956 (1976): John Willett, Ralph Manheim, eds., , ed. (1976), Poems, 1913-1956 language: English, others: Erich Fried, (2nd edition ed.) place: New York, publisher: Methuen
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About Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), commonly known as Bertolt Brecht, was a German Marxist dramatist, stage director and poet. He is remembered for the Distancing effect practice in performing arts (known in German as Verfremdungseffekt or V-Effekt).
About Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), commonly known as Bertolt Brecht, was a German Marxist dramatist, stage director and poet. He is remembered for the Distancing effect practice in performing arts (known in German as Verfremdungseffekt or V-Effekt).
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