Richard Eyre Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.”

“The desire to share is not a vague, windy sentiment, not when you see the massive rise in live concerts in response to the phenomenon of downloading music... People want to get rid of the headphones and be part of a shared experience.”

“I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.”

“Waiters are like actors waiting in the wings, bantering whenever we passed each other on the restaurant floor, shouting at each other backstage in the kitchen and winking and corpsing above the heads of our audience, the unsuspecting customers.”

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

“Maybe we slip so easily into blaming our parents - you're perpetually a child and they're perpetually a parent and you long to balance the equation, but it can only be balanced posthumously.”

“The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness.”

“A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.”

“Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.”