"Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry."

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"Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry."

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"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it."

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"I get a little poetic sometimes. The moonlight does that to me."

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"And here, in thought, to thee-In thought that can alone, Ascend thy empire and so be A partner of thy throne, By winged Fantasy, My embassy is given, Till secrecy shall knowledge be In the environs of Heaven."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

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"None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry."

Edith Hamilton, American Writer

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"Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"My second thoughts condemnAnd wonder how I dareTo look you in the eye.What right have I to swearEven at one a.m.To love you till I die?Earth meets too many crimesFor fibs to interest her;If I can give my word,Forgiveness can recurAny number of timesIn Time. Which is absurd.Tempus fugit. Quite.So finish up your drink.All flesh is grass. It is. But who on earth can thinkWith heavy heart or lightOf what will come of this?"

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

Adrian Mitchell, British Poet

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"That men, who might have tower'd in the vanOf all the congregated world, to fanAnd winnow from the coming step of timeAll chaff of custom, wipe away all slimeLeft by men-slugs and human serpentry,Have been content to let occasion die,Whilst they did sleep in love's Elysium."

John Keats, English Poet

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"My heart ist melting, I love you, Drops of Gold."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

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"It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous."

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"But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame."

Movies

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

Film

"When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality."

Reality

"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting."

Challenge

"I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films."

People

"I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus."

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"What I don't have in theater is editing."

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"People will justify whatever for a good cause."

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"I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. We're all about the product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form."

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