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Bertolt Brecht

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Wie lange
Dauern die Werke? So lange
Als bis sie fertig sind.
--
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

 
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