Art doesn't go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is.
Jean DubuffetRead
Every viewer who ever turned on 'Doctor Who' has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the deep emotional connection that viewers have with the character of the Doctor from 'Doctor Who'. It highlights the universality of this bond among fans.
Peter Capaldi expresses the profound connection that fans have with the character of the Doctor in 'Doctor Who', suggesting that the character transcends individual experiences and belongs to a collective understanding. This sentiment reflects the impact of art and storytelling, where fictional characters can evoke real emotions and connections among diverse audiences.
In practice
During a panel discussion at a 'Doctor Who' convention.
Art doesn't go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is.
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And horrifying to me.
Playwrights have texts, composers have scores, painters and sculptors have the residue of those activities, and dance is traditionally an ephemeral, effervescent, here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of thing.
The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.
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