Richard Eyre Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“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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“We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like.”
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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.”
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“Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings.”
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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.”
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“I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.”
-- Richard Eyre
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