Quote by Tennessee Williams

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character i

Summary

This quote suggests that in both plays and real life, it is important to preserve an element of mystery when revealing someone's character. Just as individuals may never fully understand their own complex nature, the same should apply to characters in theatrical performances. By leaving some aspects unanswered or unknown, audiences are able to engage with the intrigue of a character's hidden layers, mirroring the mysteriousness of human beings in the real world.

Topics

Life Character Mystery

By Tennessee Williams

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It is easy to judge evil unmixed, replied Gwydion. But, alas

It is easy to judge evil unmixed, replied Gwydion. But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.

Lloyd Alexander

Wisdom Life

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Life Remember Moments

People who look down on other people don't end up being look

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be p

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Abraham Lincoln

Fighting Fight

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.

Michel Foucault

The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about ou

The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.

Marshall McLuhan

Business

It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can r

It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.

Albert Einstein

Goals

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman th

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves fe

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you.

Help Superstition Care Precaution

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I resp

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status.

Intelligence

The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by ac

The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It is meant for the mere slave of a routine of self-education to stuff himself with every sort of incongruous intellectual food in one indigestible meal.

G. K. Chesterton

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Fl

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques.

Famous