Harold Prince Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.”

“I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any secret to my longevity, it's living in the future. And a little bit in the present.”

“Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.”

“I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.”

“The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.”

“What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.”

“Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.”

“We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.”

“Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage.”

“I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.”