A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself. Terry Teachout artistcommentercreative Change image and share on social
For my part, I like live theater best when it's taut, concentrated and intimate. Terry Teachout concentrateintimatelive Change image and share on social
I learned more in the rehearsals for 'The Letter' than I have ever dreamed of know in the theater as a critic. If it doesn't make me a better critic, I'm an idiot. Terry Teachout criticdreamidiot Change image and share on social
Aesthetes have it all over intellectuals in one very important respect: You'll rarely catch us hustling anyone off to the nearest guillotine. We're too busy trying to make the world more beautiful. Our hands are stained with ink and paint, not blood. Terry Teachout aesthetebeautifulblood share on social
Few of us boggle - though we should - at the fact that Louis Armstrong sang and played trumpet with similar panache, or that Leonard Bernstein and Benjamin Britten were equally adept as composers, conductors and pianists. Terry Teachout adeptarmstrongbenjamin share on social
Unlike film, live theater is an anti-naturalistic medium in which character is mainly illuminated through speech and movement. Terry Teachout anticharacterfilm Change image and share on social
Whether they know it or not, most American playgoers owe an incalculably great debt to translators. Were it not for their work, comparatively few of us would be able to enjoy the plays of Chekhov, Ibsen or Moliere. Terry Teachout americanchekhovcomparatively share on social
I believe deeply that jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say, not just to eggheads, or whatever the musical equivalent of an egghead is, but to ordinary people. Terry Teachout deeplyeggheadequivalent Change image and share on social
It's certainly no secret that American students are taught less and less about the canonical literary masterpieces of the past, and there is no shortage of people who believe that what little they're required to learn in school is still too much. Terry Teachout americancanonicallearn share on social
You've probably never thought about it before unless you happen to write for a living, but professional writers are doomed to spend most of their waking hours sitting by themselves at a desk, staring at a blank computer screen and waiting for lightning to strike. Terry Teachout blankcomputerdesk share on social
