When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes belief close come
If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity. Eve Best bigchekhovianclassic share on social
If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it. Eve Best partreasonterrify Change image and share on social
Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens. Eve Best controlembracetime Change image and share on social
The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets. Marilyn Minter caseclosefall share on social
Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history. Mal Peet beliefconnectdidacticism Change image and share on social
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells comecommonconcern share on social