Top 38 Quotes by Richard Eyre

About Richard Eyre

These are some quotes by British author Richard Eyre Director, who was born on March 28, 1943.

There are those who leave without our needing to detain them; we have said all there is to say.

There are those who leave without our needing to detain them; we have said all there is to say.

Richard Eyre

Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.

Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.

Richard Eyre

I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and what plays you put on; the vision comes out of that.

I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and what plays you put on; the vision comes out of that.

Richard Eyre

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

Richard Eyre

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

Richard Eyre

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour.

Richard Eyre

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

Richard Eyre

Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings.

Richard Eyre

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