Quotes of John Guare - somelinesforyou

“ I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is another phrase for what is most uniquely us. ”

- John Guare

“ It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday. ”

- John Guare

“ When I was a kid, another of the prime reasons to be a playwright was you would have a poster with your name and the title of your play on it that you could then hang in the living room of your inevitable penthouse. ”

- John Guare

“ We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished - for state. When did history become a bad word? ”

- John Guare

“ What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do. ”

- John Guare

“ However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet. ”

- John Guare

“ I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner. ”

- John Guare

“ I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted. ”

- John Guare

“ Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century. ”

- John Guare

“ And we remember it as it was when we first saw Maria Tallchief or Suzanne Farrell in it. And now it's Wendy Whelan, it's tomorrow's dancer. ”

- John Guare

“ That's why Puccini's work is so alive - because he creates such extraordinary pieces of theater. It's not dependent on personality. ”

- John Guare

“ Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy. ”

- John Guare

“ I believe that the New York City Ballet, its practical value is that it's about expansion of human possibilities. It's about healing. It's about food. ”

- John Guare

“ And we remember it as it was when we first saw Maria Tallchief or Suzanne Farrell in it. And now it's Wendy Whelan, it's tomorrow's dancer. ”

- John Guare

“ All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs. ”

- John Guare

“ We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? ”

- John Guare

“ We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished - for state. When did history become a bad word? ”

- John Guare

“ What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do. ”

- John Guare

“ I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes. ”

- John Guare

“ I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted. ”

- John Guare

“ Two Gentlemen. ”

- John Guare

“ Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism. ”

- John Guare

“ I believe that the New York City Ballet, its practical value is that it's about expansion of human possibilities. It's about healing. It's about food. ”

- John Guare

“ Two Gentlemen. ”

- John Guare

“ Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York. ”

- John Guare

“ We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished - for state. When did history become a bad word? ”

- John Guare

“ When I was a kid, another of the prime reasons to be a playwright was you would have a poster with your name and the title of your play on it that you could then hang in the living room of your inevitable penthouse. ”

- John Guare

“ We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished - for state. When did history become a bad word? ”

- John Guare

“ And we remember it as it was when we first saw Maria Tallchief or Suzanne Farrell in it. And now it's Wendy Whelan, it's tomorrow's dancer. ”

- John Guare

“ Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century. ”

- John Guare
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