The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
Harold PrinceRead
All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you up and makes you feel like you're the inheritor of all this information and of all its passion.
Interpretation
The quote expresses how the legacy of artists and theater influences and inspires current generations.
In this quote, Harold Prince reflects on the profound impact that the history of theater and the works of past actors have on contemporary artists. He suggests that this rich heritage not only informs but also invigorates modern practitioners of the art, making them feel connected to a larger narrative filled with emotion and creativity.
In practice
In a speech discussing the importance of theater education, one might use this quote to highlight the significance of learning from past artists.
In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.
I put one questions. For whom I compose? My answer is I wanted to address to all my people. And if I write music for the Greek people because I'm Greek, I compose for all the people.
Trust me, there's not one night a week I'm not in a theater somewhere. I adore theater, and I go out with friends, so I do have some nights off.
The true artist does not create art as an end in itself; he creates art for human beings. Humanity is the goal.
For the photograph's immobility is somehow the result of a perverse confusion between two concepts: the Real and the Live: by attesting that the object has been real, the photograph surreptitiously induces belief that it is alive, because of that delusion which makes us attribute to Reality an absolute superior, somehow eternal value; but by shifting this reality to the past ("this-has-been"), the photograph suggests that it is already dead.
I'm happy that people think of me as the greatest tap-dancer that ever lived. But it's just a rumor. Because the greatest dancer that ever lived knows everything, and I don't. I'm still learning. I still have a lot of work to do.
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