Author: Richard Eyre

Quotes

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

- Richard Eyre

Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.

Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.

- Richard Eyre

Balance is the enemy of art.

Balance is the enemy of art.

- Richard Eyre

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

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

- Richard Eyre

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

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

- Richard Eyre

Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.

Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.

- Richard Eyre

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.

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.

- Richard Eyre

If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.

If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.

- Richard Eyre

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

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

- Richard Eyre

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