John Guare is a famous Playwright from USA, he/she is 86 years old and still alive, born February 5, 1938.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous.
Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by John.
17 Famous quotes by John Guare
"What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do"
"We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?"
"The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that"
"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"
"The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force"
"Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism"
"People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do"
"I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted"
"I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner"
"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"
"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet"
"Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York"
"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"
"Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy"
"And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet"
"And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present"
"All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs"
