I was a little girl with a pot belly and Afro puffs, hyperactive and overdramatic, and I found the theater and I found my home.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes how self-expression through theater provided a sense of belonging and identity during childhood.
Audra McDonald reflects on her childhood experiences, highlighting how her exuberant personality and unique appearance were complemented by her passion for theater. This art form became a refuge for her, allowing her to express herself and feel at home in her own skin, suggesting the transformative power of creativity and the arts in shaping one's identity.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of arts education in schools.
I just wanted to go to New York and be on Broadway, but then I was accepted by Juilliard, where they trained me in classical voice. It was great in the end, but at the time, I thought, 'What am I doing here? This is not my path.' But it was absolutely my path and where I was meant to be.
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.
It took me two years to walk around a chair with ease; it took me another two years to learn how to laugh onstage - and I had to learn everything.
One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form.
Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.
While an artist can choose whether or not to be responsive and responsible towards other human beings, by definition a designer must be.
We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring.
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