22 Richard Eyre Quotes for You to Enjoy

Richard Eyre

British Director

Born: Mar 28, 1943

Always Arts People Theatre Think You

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We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like. Richard Eyre

The desire to share is not a vague, windy sentiment, not when you see the massive rise in live concerts in response to the phenomenon of downloading music... People want to get rid of the headphones and be part of a shared experience. Richard Eyre

Music You Experience People Sentiment Live Response See Rise Windy Share Part Shared Headphones Massive Concerts Get Want Rid Downloading Desire Phenomenon Vague

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no. Richard Eyre

You Confidence Director Experience Say Minimalist Until Acquired

Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings. Richard Eyre

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour. Richard Eyre

Happiness Politics Relationship Creative Politicians Believe Difficult Society Find Weapon Some About Rather Having Between Opening Ideas Up Than Endeavour Behaviour Often Arts Interest Deprivation Nourishing Whole

There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel our national culture is theirs, to take ownership of it, and enjoy the privileges of that, and those who are completely disfranchised, those - for example - who will never be taken to the theatre to see Shakespeare. Richard Eyre

Culture Theatre Will Example National Ownership Enjoy Society Our Those Kind Gulf See Brought Shakespeare Take Never Taken Feel Between Opening For Example Cultural Up Privileges Apartheid Who

Waiters are like actors waiting in the wings, bantering whenever we passed each other on the restaurant floor, shouting at each other backstage in the kitchen and winking and corpsing above the heads of our audience, the unsuspecting customers. Richard Eyre

Balance is the enemy of art. Richard Eyre

Art Balance Enemy

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them. Richard Eyre

Good You Stupid Guide Some Highly Educated Very May Them Inarticulate Good Actor Good Actors Bright Actor

I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb. Richard Eyre

World First Big Become Think Conspicuous Collision More More And More Between Cliff Got Climb Going Third Third World

I resent all organised religions. Richard Eyre

Religions Organised Resent

Don't ever be afraid to ask any question. Richard Eyre

Question Any Afraid Ask Ever

Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good. Richard Eyre

Good Try Action Every Always Consequence

I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways. Richard Eyre

I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself. Richard Eyre

Happiness Myself Envy Sense Others Seem Always Belonging

Maybe we slip so easily into blaming our parents - you're perpetually a child and they're perpetually a parent and you long to balance the equation, but it can only be balanced posthumously. Richard Eyre

You Balance Long Parents Our Slip Easily Parent Only Blaming Balanced Equation Perpetually Child Maybe

I'm inclined to think that, because it's such an awful life, that politicians do go into it for the best reasons. I mean, some may love the sound of their own voice. But it's such a wearying life, you've got to be impelled by some desire to leave the world a better place than when you came into it. Richard Eyre

Life Love Best You World Better Own Politicians Think Some Voice Impelled Better Place Because Got Sound Leave Came Go Than May Place Mean Reasons Inclined Awful Desire

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