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"It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created."
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"Poetry is an art that uses words to paint vivid pictures of perceptions and emotions."
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"There is no poetry or song. There is no short or long.There is only you."
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"Music gives strength to the spirit."
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"Be an artist in everything you do."
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"Let us play the flute of love to spread the music of peace, joy and happiness."
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"The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected - the best - evolutions."
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"Art is a relection of the mind and a vision of the heart."
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"Be an artist, see the beauty not only with your eyes but also with your heart."
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"She lives in the poetry she cannot write."
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"Art is the reflection of an imaginative mind."
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"I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them."
Opera
"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."
Film
"In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films."
Finance
"Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined."
Film
"It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created."
Art
"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
Life
"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."
Money
"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."
Music
"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."
Opera
"On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through."
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