"This begs the question: where is life celebrated, looked at, dissected, and illuminated? I don’t need modern science to give me that answer. I only need the theatre."
"I don’t think writers are sacred. Not at all. But words are. They are innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other. If you look after them, you can send them into battle. You can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. Words deserve respect, bless ‘em. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little."
"Roger told me to be kind and jolly. That’s all that really matters. Be loving, demanding, frank and a little bit audacious. The rest will fall into place. "
The Above Quotes Come From Rick Elice's Wednesday Musing
"Creating art, creating music, creating literature, creating paintings: these are sacred professions. Teaching is a sacred profession."
-Stephen Sondheim
"Performing… it’s like a ball of yarn. It keeps unraveling. If you say the right words on the right pitches at the right time, you have no choice but to be alive in that moment."
-Michael Arden
"The philosophy for me as an educator has come down to point of view. Giving permission to students to find their point of view within an interpretive art form. I think that’s hard to do."
-Alexander Gemignani
The Above Quotes Come From
BRAVO! A Virtual Evening with Stephen Sondheim and Friends
Hosted by Aaron Lazar: Honoring America’s Arts Teachers
