“The artist who makes himself accessible is self-destructive.”
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Famous Howard Barker Quotes
Source: Death, The One and the Art of Theatre
“You emerge from tragedy equipped against lies. After the musical, you're anybody's fool”
“I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.”
“I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.”
“I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.”