Karissa Barber > Karissa's Quotes

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”
― Molière

“Movies will make you famous; Television will make you rich; But theatre will make you good.”
― Terrence Mann

“[BURR]
I am the one thing in life I can control.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: The Revolution

“An actor must never be afraid to make a fool of himself.”
― Harvey Cocks

“Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art.”
― Constantin Stanislavski, My Life In Art

“The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.”
― Stephen Sondheim

“Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.”
― Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George

“Children can only grow from something you love to something you lose.”
― Stephen Sondheim

“You are perfectly cast in your life. I can't imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“To engender empathy and create a world using only words is the closest thing we have to magic.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.”
― Molière

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
― Moliere

“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. ”
― Stephen Sondheim

“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”
― Moli

“I read to see myself in other people's lives.”
― Stephen Sondheim, Passion

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
― Molière

“Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.”
― Meryl Streep

“I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.”
― Meryl Streep

“Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.”
― Meryl Streep

“It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.”
― Meryl Streep

“Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.”
― Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

“Creativity is an act of defiance.”
― Twyla Tharp

“The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe.”
― P.S. Baber, Cassie Draws the Universe

“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner—continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you—is a fine art, in and of itself.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Done is better than good.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson