"The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons……" — Richard Eyre

"The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness."

— Richard Eyre

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21 Quotes by Richard Eyre

Richard Eyre has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I am interested in the gap between what people say and what they think - the undiscovered world of people's…
We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's…
I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in…
Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable…
I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the…
I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.
If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be…
Balance is the enemy of art.
The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.
Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.
What we hold in our heads - our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history -…
I resent all organised religions.

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More Arts Quotes

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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,… — Charles Baudelaire
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have… — Theodore Bikel
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. — Theodore Bikel
I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some… — David Bowie
I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater. — Ray Bradbury
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any… — Eli Broad
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. — Andre Breton
One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both… — Jeff Bridges
Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts. — Eli Broad
Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows. — Les Brown

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