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H. Givens

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H.’s Quotes

“Everybody works according to his ability, some doing more, some doing less, but everyone ought to know whether he is doing good or harm.”
― Sergei Obraztsov, My Profession

tags: art, creativity, ethics, morals

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“Those who earn their living by puppetry must satisfy the public demand, and so are to a large extent compelled to be conservative. As so often in other branches of the performing arts, it is only the amateur who can safely afford to experiment, to explore new forms and techniques, and to run the risk of failure.”
― Peter D. Arnott, Plays WIthout People: Puppetry and Serious Drama

tags: amateurs, experimentation, innovation, puppetry, puppets, theater

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“Everybody works according to his ability, some doing more, some doing less, but everyone ought to know whether he is doing good or harm. Artists are not released from that obligation, especially as there are no works of art which do neither harm nor good. If a book, a picture or a melody is accepted by a reader, a spectator or a listener, it means that the reader, spectator or listener has had his emotions stirred; and emotions must be either harmful or useful. They cannot be neutral.”
― Sergei Obraztsov, My Profession

tags: art, artists, emotions, ethics, feelings, fiction, morals, music, puppeteers, theater

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“Maybe I'm just gonna kill you," says Mike, peeved at being predictable. "You ever think of that?"

"No, Mike. Because if you wanted me dead, then four or five of your guys would be in the hospital and I'd have a flesh wound. Maybe.”
― Eoin Colfer, Screwed

tags: crime, crime-fiction, satire

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“Perhaps one of the chief distinctions between a Drama for Marionnettes and a Proper Drama is this ... that whereas a Proper Drama has to be vague and roundabout in its movements, a Marionnette Drama had always better be direct and rapid and even obvious ... A Marionnette is not at all clever -- not subtle. He must fit the characte rlike a hand fits a glove, or all is undone. Therefore when we make a character in one of our Dramas we make the Marionnette to fit it. And so it comes about that a Marionnette does not play a number of parts, he plays only one... that is himself.”
― Edward Gordon Craig

tags: drama, marionettes, puppetry, puppets, theater

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