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title: "2 Back and forth Quotes By Julie Taymor"
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> [When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back and forth, you understood the power of air underneath the wings. In that way, a child begins to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/when-we-were-kids-you-picked-up-a-little-paper-and-put-it-on-a-stick/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

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> [When I'm sculpting, I work with wood and clay, and though some say that an image is already in the material and the sculptor just has to discover it, I also believe you have an image in your head that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/when-i-m-sculpting-i-work-with-wood-and-clay-and-though-some-say-that/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

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## Other authors on Back and forth

## More by Julie Taymor

> [There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/there-is-incredible-power-in-the-arts-to-inspire-and-influence/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/the-idea-that-all-violence-in-movies-is-okay-simply-because-it/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/americans-in-particular-are-myopic-they-re-not-traveling-as-much-when/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-have-never-had-a-problem-with-people-not-being-able-to-understand/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [What I don't have in theater is editing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/what-i-don-t-have-in-theater-is-editing/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-m-not-going-to-spend-two-years-on-a-film-or-four-years-on-an-opera/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-call-myself-a-playmaker-sometimes-but-that-s-just-a-word-i-don-t/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-want-to-experience-a-performance-on-all-levels-i-want-goose-bumps/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/children-have-an-easier-ability-to-tap-into-the-surreal-than-adults/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/one-of-the-reasons-i-love-to-jump-back-and-forth-between-mediums-is/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [I am creative in my living space - the designer in me helps that out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-am-creative-in-my-living-space-the-designer-in-me-helps-that-out/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/an-artist-is-an-entertainer-number-one-a-storyteller-who-takes-people/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/theater-is-far-superior-to-film-in-poetry-in-abstract-poetry/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back and forth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/when-we-were-kids-you-picked-up-a-little-paper-and-put-it-on-a-stick/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

> [I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-ve-never-been-a-puppeteer-i-conceive-and-i-write-and-i-design-and-i/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

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