Empty Stage Quotes

• A stage set should not make a pretty picture of its own. The empty stage should look formal and pleasing, but should seem to be waiting for the action to complete it; it should not hold definite significance in itself.

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  G. Wilson Knight

  Waiting   Theatre   Looks  

  G. Wilson Knight (2014). “Shakespearian Production”, p.69, Routledge

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• Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

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  Julia Cameron

  Creativity   Creative   Leap Of Faith  

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• I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.

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  Fernando Pessoa

  Play   Actors   Empty  

  Fernando Pessoa (2006). “A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems”, p.15, Penguin

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• I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight. Guys, if you could blow yourselves, ladies, you'd be in this room alone right now. Watching an empty stage.

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  Bill Hicks

  Funny   Humor   Blow  

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• In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.

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  Michael Kenna

  Memories   Past   Fire  

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• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players.

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  William Shakespeare

  Friendship   Birthday   Men  

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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