"So I think I'll say the obvious thing: theater is ephemeral. When a production is done, it's gone forever. You can take pictures of it. You can make a film of it. But it's not the production. It's not the same thing."

-- Tony Kushner

#Thinking Quotes #Forever Quotes #Done Quotes

“Wisdom sits with children round her knees.”
“The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.”

Source : "Of Leibovitz and Lear" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2012.
“I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses.”
“I would rather stay positive and get 50 percent good results, than stay negative and get 100 percent bad results!”
“When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance, not warfare, not fights.”
“I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people.”
“Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !”

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