Diane Paulus Quotes

• Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.

  Diane Paulus

  Children, Creativity, Play

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• For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.

  Diane Paulus

  Ocean, People, Feelings

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

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• Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with our lives in an enriching way.

  Diane Paulus

  Way, Theater, Enriching

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• The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me as a director . . . I believe it's actually radical to think about the audience.

  Diane Paulus

  Believe, Thinking, Ideas

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• 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.

  Diane Paulus

  Art, Believe, Roots

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

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• At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather giving the audience a voice and a role in experiencing theater.

  Diane Paulus

  Mean, Voice, Giving

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

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• The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

  Diane Paulus

  Innovation, Musical, Theater

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

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• Im always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.

  Diane Paulus

  Team, Player, Dedication

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• I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.

  Diane Paulus

  Beautiful, Gold, Sitting

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

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• I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater.

  Diane Paulus

  Fall, Cutting, People

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

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• I don't want to be in an art bubble.

  Diane Paulus

  Art, Want, Bubbles

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

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• Creativity is a form of knowledge.

  Diane Paulus

  Creativity, Form

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• Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

  Diane Paulus

  Art, Drama, Singing

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

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• I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level.

  Diane Paulus

  People, Levels, Epiphany

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

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• When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.

  Diane Paulus

  Art, Directors, Kind

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

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• Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.

  Diane Paulus

  Parent, Theatre, Opera

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

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• My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

  Diane Paulus

  America, Directors, Generations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week.

  Diane Paulus

  Teaching, Class, Towns

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• As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

  Diane Paulus

  Directors, Answers, Feels

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

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