“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
“Some people become dullards, but as children we are all creative. It's in the programming, the socialization, that we lose our sense of play.” PeopleChildrenPlayLosesCreativeProgrammingSocialization Author:Julie Taymor
“I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."” IfsThinkingBelieveIdeasPlayStrongI Believe Author:Julie Taymor
“I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with poetry.” PeopleIdeasPlayFilmAbilityTvsTheaterBelieverFirm Author:Julie Taymor
“I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved.” WantPlayLevelsPerformancesArguingBumpsGeese Author:Julie Taymor
“When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back and forth, you understood the power of air underneath the wings. In that way, a child begins to understand abstraction, poetry, metaphor, symbolism. You play with the materials you have and use your imagination to make them into something else. That what's so sad about having everything on a little screen - it's not physical and dimensional, and that seems backward.” WayChildrenLittlesPlayUseSeemsKidsImaginationAirMaterialsPaperUnderstoodWingsSticksMetaphorScreensAbstractionBack And ForthSymbolismSo Sad Author:Julie Taymor
“You don't have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way. You can simultaneously play to the sophisticated, 60-year-old theatergoers and to 4-year-olds.” WayYearsArtPlayAudienceProfoundCommerceSophisticated Author:Julie Taymor
