"What's depressing, in a way, thinking of Margaret Thatcher legacy - and she was no doubt great in many ways - but the arts in the UK are still having to justify that it is a profitable business rather than a frivolity. It's one of the greatest UK exports, one of the reasons people come to the UK, and yet we're still having to justify our existence in terms of funding."

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Gregory Doran

#Depressing Quotes #Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.”
“Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.”
“If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
“Just when exactly does the Millennium begin? Some say 1999, some say 2000, and some say 2001. You wait a thousand years for one, and three turn up at once.”
“Je sais de quelles petitesses meurent les plus grandes amours. I know how pettiness ruins the greatest loves.”
“Our focus reflects our love and admiration for you. . . . We want you to live lives of spiritual maturity and fulfillment, free of unrealistic comparisons.”
“For a long time, I would write without music, because I thought it was distracting until I appreciated that it actually unlocks a certain unconscious productivity vault in my mind.”
“I always carry a camera because it is so important to me to take pictures and document all the incredible things and places I have been able to see through this experience.”

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