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title: "2 Audience Come Quotes By Diane Paulus"
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> [You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good for them, because it's the vegetables that they should eat and the culture shot that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/you-have-to-think-about-why-you-re-asking-an-audience-to-come-to-the/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

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> [I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-want-an-audience-that-will-come-sitting-forward-in-their-seats/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

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## More by Diane Paulus

> [I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-am-always-looking-for-what-piece-what-artists-what-playwrights-what/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/we-re-a-depraved-civilization-all-this-technology-all-the-computer/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/im-always-interested-in-looking-historically-at-how-theater-can/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/creativity-and-the-world-of-the-imagination-the-beauty-of-what-we-see/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/the-idea-of-making-audiences-feel-like-they-matter-that-the-theatre/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [Creativity is a form of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/creativity-is-a-form-of-knowledge/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I think every theater in America wants a younger audience... and you can't just hope to have a younger audience, you have to program…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-think-every-theater-in-america-wants-a-younger-audience-and-you-can/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/you-have-to-think-about-why-you-re-asking-an-audience-to-come-to-the/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/at-the-core-of-what-i-m-doing-is-a-belief-in-the-audience-a-belief/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-want-an-audience-that-will-come-sitting-forward-in-their-seats/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I don't want to be in an art bubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-don-t-want-to-be-in-an-art-bubble/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-listen-to-music-i-read-scripts-and-i-know-pretty-intuitively-if-i/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I knew ART was was going to give me this opportunity to expand my role as a director and finally let me have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-knew-art-was-was-going-to-give-me-this-opportunity-to-expand-my/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I'm always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-m-always-interested-in-working-with-people-who-are-good-team/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

> [I think in our culture there's been a tendency for people to blame the audience. There is a tendency in our industry to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-paulus/i-think-in-our-culture-there-s-been-a-tendency-for-people-to-blame/)

[Diane Paulus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-paulus/)

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