All Diane Paulus Quotes
- Creativity is a form of knowledge. Creativity
- 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 as… Audience
- Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience… Beauty
- As a director, I never feel that I have the answers. Answers
- I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it. Beautiful
- I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week. Brings
- My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America. America
- Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story. Art
- Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites. Conquer
- Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I… Accessible
- When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there. Art
- 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 giving… Audience
- I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge… Asleep
- For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than… All
- I give so much of myself to my work; I want to be with people who are going to be there with me. Give
- I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats. Audience
- In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic engagement. Those things… Athens
- The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater. American
- The mission of the A.R.T. is to expand the boundaries of theater through works of the canon and the new works of tomorrow. Boundaries
- I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience. Always Looking
- I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level. Epiphany
- I knew ART was was going to give me this opportunity to expand my role as a director and finally let me have a seat… Art