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Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.
John Guare
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John Guare
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 5
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Feydeau's one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B.
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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
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The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.
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1975 is as much a historical document as 1803.
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The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.
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Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play. It seems like spelling out mysterious, musical details can destroy a play by making the motivations too clear, too simplex.
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You can read ten books and finally come across one detail, and it's like, now everything else makes sense. Now I know where I am.
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Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York.
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I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes.
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James Joyce wrote the definitive work about Dublin while he was living in Switzerland. We're all where we come from. We all have our roots.
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Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don't believe in gravity.
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Everyone talks about America, this great country. You hear, I'm more patriotic than you are. No, I'm more patriotic! But how few people know the history of this country and how we came into being. That's the part that just amazed me.
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