“Museums just seem to have this borrowed cachet—if I want to seem cultural, I will design something cultural. I resist the idea that culture is only opera houses or theatres. Culture is your entire life around you: toilets, the bus, the kerb or the dump where you drag your waste. Culture has come to mean the arts, but it’s swimming pools as well.” IfsWantWellsMeanArtIdeasSeemsCultureHouseDesignWasteTheatreMuseumsBusSwimmingPoolOperaDragToiletsBorrowedDumpSwimming PoolOpera House Author:Thomas Heatherwick
“Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the best artistic quality. People are enthralled with video games in the same way as other people love the cinema or theatre.” PeopleWayAgeFormCultureGamesQualityHugeEmbraceTheatreVideoStorytellingArtisticCinemaGamingComputer GamesBest Artist Author:Andy Serkis
“Like all magic cultures expressed by appropriate hieroglyphs, the true theater has its shadows too, and, of all languages and all arts, the theater is the only one left whose shadows have shattered their limitations.” ArtCultureLeftLanguageMagicShadowTheaterTheatreLimitationAppropriateShattered Book:The Theater and Its Double Source: The Theater and Its Double
“I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.” ThinkingBelieveStoriesFilmCultureI BelieveStriveI Believe InTheatreStorytelling Author:Andy Serkis
“I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow up. They're about meeting people from different backgrounds and different religions and different cultures, and mixing with people that you wouldn't ordinarily meet.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCultureActorsGrowsGrowing UpYouthMeetingsTheatreBackgroundsMixingDifferent CulturesDifferent ReligionsDifferent BackgroundsYouth Theatre Author:Ashley Jensen
“We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all kinds of theatre and all kinds of art because you never know what moves people. We've always believed that there should be a strong voice outside the commercial world. Certainly, the commercial world has a huge place in our culture and we also support that - but, we also want to support the stuff that lives outside of that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWantShouldKindArtImportantMovingCultureStrongStuffVoiceSupportHugeArt IsTheatreAll KindsAlways Believe Author:Steve Buscemi