H. Givens

“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

“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

“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

“Puppets do not have thoughts, they are more like our thoughts, images of our thoughts, as if our minds were populated with remnants of the older, more cliched stories that we manipulate and that manipulate us.”
― Kenneth Gross, Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life