The critical attitude <br />Strikes many people as unfruitful <br />That is because they find the state <br />Impervious to their criticism <br />But what in this case is an unfruitful attitude <br />Is merely a feeble attitude. Give criticism arms <br />And states can be demolished by it. <br /> <br />Canalising a river <br />Grafting a fruit tree <br />Educating a person <br />Transforming a state <br />These are instances of fruitful criticism <br />And at the same time instances of art.<br /><br />Bertolt Brecht<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-critical-attitude/
