Great Lines About Theater
"The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose -- and is a test of the quality of a nation's civilization."
~John F, Kennedy
"The most effective moments in the theatre are those that appeal to basic and commonplace emotions--love of woman, love of home, love of country, love of right, anger, jealousy, revenge, ambition, lust, and treachery."
~
Clayton Hamilton
~ Scott Nilsson
“You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give something”
~Kenneth Haigh
"The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life."
~Oscar Wilde
"If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience."
~Tallulah Bankhead
