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Richard Eyre Quotes: If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.
         

If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.


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If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.
         



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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 the oyster.



I am interested in the gap between what people say and what they think - the undiscovered world of people's lives. Lives of quiet desperation.

I am interested in the gap between what people say and what they think - the undiscovered world of people's lives. Lives of quiet desperation.



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I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb.



I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.

I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.



What we hold in our heads - our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history - is the sum of our humanity.

What we hold in our heads - our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history - is the sum of our humanity.



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Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.



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I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.



You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.



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Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.





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