We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like. Richard Eyre accessiblealleviatecharacter share on social
There are those who leave without our needing to detain them; we have said all there is to say. Richard Eyre detainleaveneed Change image and share on social
There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel our national culture is theirs, to take ownership of it, and enjoy the privileges of that, and those who are completely disfranchised, those - for example - who will never be taken to the theatre to see Shakespeare. Richard Eyre apartheidbringcompletely share on social
Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having. Richard Eyre acknowledgeartlife Change image and share on social
I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and what plays you put on; the vision comes out of that. Richard Eyre artisticbasicallydirector Change image and share on social
The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work. Richard Eyre actdecentfaith Change image and share on social
I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour. Richard Eyre artbehaviourcreative share on social
Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings. Richard Eyre artbeginbeing share on social