“One of the reasons why I love to do Shakespeare is that this great artist was able to talk to a wide variety of audiences. He could do the bawdy plays and the humor and the clowns-as you know, because you're a wonderful Stephano-that speaks to the populace, the masses, the groundlings, whatever.” KnowsReasonPlayAbleArtistSpeakAudienceWonderfulMassWideVarietyReason WhyGreat ArtClownGreat Artist Author:Julie Taymor
“In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.” PeopleWayArtistAppreciate Author:Julie Taymor
“In America, the word art has become like the word adultery. It's this big scarlet letter. When you say you're an artist, people are like, "Ugh."” PeopleArtBigsAmericaArtistLettersAdulteryScarletUgh Author:Julie Taymor
“An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted.” PeopleKnowsGivingWantedArtistNumbersStorytellerEntertainers Author:Julie Taymor
“It's how you tell the story that makes it new. That's what artists do. They let us look at the world from a different perspective. They let us look at birds in a way that makes us never see birds again in the same way. That's why I don't think computers are healthy for kids. They're too literal. You pop a button and a bluebird comes out. You pop another button and you can take the color blue and shove it into the outline of the bluebird.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentStoriesKidsArtistColorPerspectiveHealthyComputerBirdBluePopsButtonsLiteralOutlinesDifferent PerspectiveBluebirdColor Blue Author:Julie Taymor
“Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.” KnowsWantImportantArtistForceEssenceImportant ThingsWhat You WantLimitation Author:Julie Taymor
