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Famous Stephen Sondheim Quotes
“The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.”
“When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.”
“Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.”
Source: Sunday in the park with George: a musical
Source: Wordplays 5: An Anthology of New American Drama
“The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure.”
“Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!”
Source: Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street: a musical thriller
Source: Into the Woods
Source: Into the Woods
“Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.”
“Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment.”
“Stay a child while you can be a child.”
Source: Into the Woods
Source: A little night music: a new musical
“Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.”
“Anything that is white is sweet. Anything that is brown is meat. Anything that is grey, don't eat.”