I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of the highly educated and articulate personality--a man or woman who carried inside themselves a personally constructed and unique version of the entire heritage of the West. [But now] I see within us all (myself included) there placement of complex inner density with a new kind of self--evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the 'instantly available.'
I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't… - Richard Foreman
I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't…
- Richard Foreman
As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors trying to make the audience love them, being over… - Richard Foreman
As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors trying to make the audience love them, being over…
I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self—evolving under the pressure of information ove… - Richard Foreman
I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self—evolving under the pressure of information ove…
Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I make things, I don't care about the audience's response,… - Richard Foreman
Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I make things, I don't care about the audience's response,…
Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of hi… - Richard Foreman
Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of hi…
Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves. - Richard Foreman
Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.
There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life. - Richard Foreman
There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life.
Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience. - Richard Foreman
Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience.
I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do. - Richard Foreman
I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.
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