“I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.”
– Garson Kanin (1912 – 1999), Born Yesterday
Kanin was a New York writer and director of theater and film. Born Yesterday was a play written and directed by Kanin. It premiered in 1946 and was later turned into a film in 1950.
This quote can be found along Library Way, a stretch of East 41st Street, which leads to the New York Public Library. The plaque was sculpted by Gregg LeFevre.
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