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Facts about Richard Foreman

Occup.Playwright
BornJune 10, 1937
Age87 years

Summary

Richard Foreman is a famous Playwright, he/she is 87 years old and still alive, born June 10, 1937.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by Richard.

20 Famous quotes by Richard Foreman

Small: One does not devote ones life in art to shock an audience
"One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience"
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Small: As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors try
"As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors trying to make the audience love them, being over emotional"
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Small: What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play
"What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play"
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Small: So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale
"So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale"
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Small: Its true, I dont like the real world
"It's true, I don't like the real world"
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Small: Im there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people
"I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't do anything about that"
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Small: My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization
"My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization"
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Small: I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to
"I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do"
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Small: From that time through the time I was a New Dramatist, when I was something like twenty-two, I saw abso
"From that time through the time I was a New Dramatist, when I was something like twenty-two, I saw absolutely everything in New York. Absolutely everything"
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Small: All the dialogue on tape, and wed play the tape in performance. Then I thought itd be interesting if th
"All the dialogue on tape, and we'd play the tape in performance. Then I thought it'd be interesting if the actor's repeated what they heard on the tape, but at a slower speed, so we'd get a web of language"
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Small: I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you
"I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school"
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Small: Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sen
"Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits"
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Small: There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life
"There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life"
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Small: Quite the opposite. I might fall on my face, but I feel born again
"Quite the opposite. I might fall on my face, but I feel born again"
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Small: Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience
"Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience"
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Small: Ive been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more ri
"I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky"
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Small: You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army
"You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army"
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Small: Which implies that the real issue in art is the audiences response. Now I claim that when I make things
"Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I make things, I don't care about the audience's response, I'm making them for myself. But I'm making them for myself as audience, because I want to wake myself up"
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Small: I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed no
"I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and meticulous, bizarre"
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Small: If I wasnt in the theater, I would be a hermit
"If I wasn't in the theater, I would be a hermit"
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