I knew there was something special about the theater for me something beyond the regular reality, something that I could get into and transcend and become something other than myself.
Interpretation
The theater allows individuals to escape reality and explore deeper aspects of their identity.
This quote by Raul Julia expresses a profound appreciation for the transformative power of theater. He acknowledges that through the experience of acting and performing, one can transcend their ordinary existence and discover a greater sense of self. The theater serves as a sanctuary where individuals can explore different facets of their identity and connect with emotions that might otherwise remain hidden, making it a uniquely powerful art form.
In practice
During a speech at a theater benefit gala.
Are artists the canaries in the mine, warning of the coming explosion before anyone else? It's hard to look at the world before 1914 and not wonder if they somehow felt a catastrophe was bearing down on them and their societies.
It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.
Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry,_x000D_ Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam_x000D_ And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.
Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.
You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go on writing. My answer is most emphatically yes. I would go on writing for company. Because I'm creating an imaginary - it's always imaginary - world in which I would like to live.
If the world were clear, art would not exist.
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