You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Learning is about much more than science and math. Doing theater, music, and art in school really helps children's minds grow because… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
In America, the word art has become like the word adultery. It's this big scarlet letter. When you say you're an artist,… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
You don't have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way. You can simultaneously play… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he and I just loved working together, so… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I love to do Shakespeare is that this great artist was able to talk to a wide… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there were a lot more arts in the public schools. Politically, America has screwed up on that. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product.… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
It's how you tell the story that makes it new. That's what artists do. They let us look at the world from… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I call myself a playmaker sometimes - but that's just a word. I don't feel like I have to have a title or a… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I am creative in my living space - the designer in me helps that out. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
