"Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Diane Paulus

#Art Quotes #Believe Quotes #Roots Quotes

“The Oldfields of the future are beyond hearing; they are shut up in the factories and the workshops, leading a rackety and mechanical existence, to the damage of their bodies and the peril of their souls, for the sake of an extra pound or so a week, which they promptly spend on mental or physical narcotics.”

Source : Beverley Nichols (1953). “Merry Hall”
“I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies”
“There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.”
“I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.”
“I'm suspicious of any mode of transportation that requires a running start.”
“A wedding is at once a crowded place and a private room, packed with trusts and empty of all but the heart's letters which one other heart may read and decipher.”

Source : Mark McMorris (2003). “The Blaze of the Poui: Poems”, p.67, University of Georgia Press
“There is something beautiful in the mundane if you take enough microscope to it and focus in on something that seems innocuous to begin with.”
“Simple and more frequent dates allow both men and women to â€˜shop aroundâ€™ in a way that allows extensive evaluation of the prospects. The old-fashioned date was a wonderful way to get acquainted with a member of the opposite sex. It encouraged conversation. It allowed you to see how you treat others and how you are treated in a one-on-one situation. It gave opportunities to learn how to initiate and sustain a mature relationship. None of that happens in hanging out”

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