Performing Arts Quotes

“I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“When I create a masterpiece I feel alive! When my creation is revered I feel immortal.”
― Euphoria Godsent

“An artist who works with his hands, his head and his heart at the same time creates a masterpiece.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“To be a scholar study math, to be a smart study magic.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.”
― Frederik L. Schodt, Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--and Japan to the West

“Being solemn has almost nothing to do with being serious, but on the other hand, you can't go on being adolescent forever, unless you are in the performing arts, and anyhow most people can't tell the difference. In fact, though Americans talk a great deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging. Jogging is solemn. Poker is serious. Once you grasp that distinction, you are on your way to enlightenment.”
― Russell Baker, So This Is Depravity and Other Observations

“Music is exciting and easy to enjoy, the rhythm and voice.
It does not need interpretation. That is why it is called the Universal Language.”
― Ellen J. Barrier, The Price We Must Pay for Our Father's Sins

“I am not an actress. I am a mistress of disguise. Acting happens to be one of the perks”
― Janna Cachola

“For an artist, screams of adoration and praise is the reward for spilling your guts on the stage”
― Rik Leaf

“I am interested in helping people to understand how to sell what it is they need to sell in a way that makes sense for both them and the investor.  Over the years what I have been astounded that many artists and business people who produce theatre works consistently do not know how to go about funding their projects and moving them from one point to the other.  There are many money sources around, but in many cases people who make theatre are not business minded to the point of developing the skills to mine money sources consistently.  Ask yourself what is the motivation of this potential investor. Is it for financial return, is it for tax credit, is it just to help? or do they want to become a part of the entertainment business? 
OK once you have discovered this then you need to think in terms of how do you present your case. This is what has come to be known in the world of investment as your “pitch deck.”
― Teddy Hayes, The Guerrilla Guide To Being A Theatrical Producer

“Some artists are criticised, some artists are admired, but some artists are loved and they are the one who are remembered.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Art is energy, emotion, entertainment and sometimes economics.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“An artist need to be free in imagination and disciplined in execution.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Never underestimate the power of cheese." Tony the Theatre Dog, 2016”
― Tony the Theatre Dog

“If you feel as though you don't fit in this world, you're probably here to help create a new one.”
― Javier Galitó-Cava

“You will be exceptional only few times, but you can be excellent all the times.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Magic is the most philosophical performing art, because — like philosophy — it replaces the illusion of knowledge with the knowledge of illusion.”
― Nikolas Jintri

“There is a word for people like you, and that word is audience. An audience comes to a theatre perhaps to see something which if they saw it in real life, they may find offensive… Perhaps you’ve come here this evening, because you want to see something you’ve only done in the privacy of your own homes, something perhaps you wished you’d done in the privacy of your own homes or something that you dreamed about doing in the privacy of your own homes. An audience likes to sit in the dark and to watch other people do it. Well, if you’ve paid your money – good luck to you. However, from this end of the telescope things look somewhat different – you all look very small, and very far away and there’s a lot of you. It’s important to remember that there are more of you than of us. So, if it does come to a fight, you will undoubtedly win.”
― Florian Malzacher

“There is a set relationship between performing arts and plastic acts which might not be as visible unless we dive deep.”
― Ujjwal Arora, Artistic Paradigm: Changing Limited Perception of Art, Design & Architecture

“From the rustling of the leaves,
To the sound of heartbeat,
Music is present all around us.
It begins with a wave
To form a beat.
Music is the paradise of emotions.”
― Arshia Mittal

“Can-Do Attitude: Essential to develop because all along the way people will hit you with questions like: Is it worth it? Why is it taking so long? This is a very hard business isn’t it? Are you sure you’re doing the right thing? and other questions that might make you doubt yourself. Just keep doing what you are doing and decide that whatever you need to do you will find a way to do and that you can do it, even though at the moment, you might not know how.”
― Teddy Hayes, The Guerrilla Guide To Being A Theatrical Producer

“Music arrives when the Muse comes around.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“If you want to practice theatre or any form of art, then go an sow a seed, plant a sapling, grow a tree. Then, go back after a decade and search for that life. If you don't find it, you will find a reason to practice art.”
― Niloy Roy

“If you want to practice theatre or any form of art, then go an sow a seed, plant a sapling, grow a tree. Then, go back after a decade and search for that life. If you don't find it, you will find a reason to practice art. If you find it, you have already lived the art.”
― Niloy Roy