Author: Diane Paulus

Quotes

I give so much of myself to my work; I want to be with people who are going to be there with me.

I give so much of myself to my work; I want to be with people who are going to be there with me.

- Diane Paulus

Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by Shakespeare or a musical.

Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by Shakespeare or a musical.

- Diane Paulus

Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots.

Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots.

- Diane Paulus

I don't want to be in an art bubble.

I don't want to be in an art bubble.

- Diane Paulus

We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state of humanity.

We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state of humanity.

- Diane Paulus

I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable - it's a little counterintuitive - is that it's changing all the time. Every week is different for me.

I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable - it's a little counterintuitive - is that it's changing all the time. Every week is different for me.

- Diane Paulus

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

- Diane Paulus

I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating when you understand that not everything is for you.

I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating when you understand that not everything is for you.

- Diane Paulus

Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

- Diane Paulus

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