"Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time."

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Source : "Simon McBurney: 'I'm going to die'" by Simon McBurney, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2009.

Simon McBurney

#Mind Quotes #Theatre Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“A certain giving up of control is good for the soul.”
“I don't have much to say about honesty. All that I feel about it that people don't discuss as far as I know is how much effort it is to create truly honest writing, in my opinion. It requires a lot of thinking and effort.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I don't copy recipes without trying them out. I don't reprint without trying them again.”
“You cannot make a socialist revolution without really trying.”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl
“The bluebird is well named, for he wears a coat of the purest, richest, and most gorgeous blue on back, wings, and tail; no North American bird better deserves the name, for no other flashes before our admiring eyes so much brilliant blue.”

Source : Arthur Cleveland Bent (1949). “Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies: order Passeriformes”
“Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit.”
“For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight from the newspaper.”
“The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social tensions and resistance can be built up in them to the point where they damage and weaken the system and may lead to revolution. But in a "democratic" system, when social tension and resistance build up dangerously the system backs off enough, it compromises enough, to bring the tensions down to a safe level.”

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