Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Harvey FiersteinRead
Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Theater is a sacred space where people unite to share belief and emotion.
In this quote, Harvey Fierstein expresses the profound connection and collective experience that theater creates among its audience. He likens the theatrical experience to a form of religion, where the act of watching a performance transforms a group of strangers into a community that shares belief, emotion, and understanding, elevating the art form to a spiritual level.
Themes
TheaterFaithCommunityArtPerformance
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the power of the arts, one might cite this quote to highlight how theater brings people together.
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