All Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
- Commit to finding the true nature of art. Go for that thing no one can teach you. Art
- Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities. Bigger
- You are an explorer. You understand that every time you go into the studio, you are after something that does not yet exist. Doe
- You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time. Hold
- I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination. Development
- I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to Big
- Use your time to bathe yourself in the gift. Move your hand across the canvas. Go to museums. Make this into an obsession. Across
- If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear. Acting
- My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power. Acquire
- Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it,… Care
- In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another. Bodies
- Do you want to be an artist so that the whole world will look at you, or do you want to be an artist because… Ability
- Art should take what is complex and render it simply. It takes a lot of skill, human understanding, stamina, courage, energy, and heart to do… Art
- You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you… Business
- What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there.… Anything Artistic
- Confidence is a static state. Determination is active. Determination allows for doubt and for humility - both of which are critical in the world today.… Active
- Friendship is a wildly underrated medication. Friendship
- Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound… Feely
- I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt. Expressive
- Each person has a literature inside them. Each
- I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist. Dentist
- My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better. Been
- Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening… Artist
- Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness… All
- A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented. Acting