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> [I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and what plays you put on; the vision comes out of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-m-wary-of-artistic-directors-who-say-here-is-my-vision-because-it-s/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

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## More by Richard Eyre

> [I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-envy-the-happiness-of-others-i-envy-the-sense-of-belonging-i-seem/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/everything-people-say-about-grandparenthood-is-true-it-is-pleasure/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel our national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/there-is-in-our-society-a-gulf-opening-up-a-kind-of-cultural/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-m-the-classic-example-of-alienation-i-grew-up-in-a-middle-class/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/a-place-makes-a-deep-impression-on-you-when-you-re-young-it-lives/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/naming-a-baby-is-an-act-of-poetry-for-many-people-the-only-creative/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [I'm never comfortable at theatre opening nights. If it's my own production I'm too wound up to be able to enjoy the performance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-m-never-comfortable-at-theatre-opening-nights-if-it-s-my-own/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-ve-always-argued-unsuccessfully-that-there-s-no-point-in-giving/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/governments-have-always-been-wary-of-the-arts-because-they-re-wayward/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [Waiters are like actors waiting in the wings, bantering whenever we passed each other on the restaurant floor, shouting at each other backstage in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/waiters-are-like-actors-waiting-in-the-wings-bantering-whenever-we/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-believe-there-is-a-relationship-between-having-an-interest-in-the/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [What we hold in our heads - our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history - is the sum of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/what-we-hold-in-our-heads-our-memory-our-feelings-our-thoughts-our/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [I have a worm's eye view and a bird's eye view simultaneously and it's immensely helpful to understand what is happening on the shop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-have-a-worm-s-eye-view-and-a-bird-s-eye-view-simultaneously-and-it/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/all-good-actors-are-very-bright-you-can-t-be-stupid-and-a-good-actor/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

> [I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-eyre/i-was-a-chronically-shy-child-that-kernel-of-my-younger-self-is-still/)

[Richard Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-eyre/)

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