John Guare Quotes & Sayings
17 most famous John Guare quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 86 year old American playwright born on Feb 5, 1938.
“And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present.”
“The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that.”
“We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?”
“People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.”
“The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force.”
“All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.”
“Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.”
“Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.”
“What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do.”
“And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.”
John Guare Quotes Rating
No Ratings Yet
Leave A Comment
