Quotes by

Richard Eyre

Balance is the enemy of art. – Richard Eyre

I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we wont destroy ourselves in other ways. – Richard Eyre

A place makes a deep impression on you when youre young. It lives with you. Its like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination. – Richard Eyre

Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives. – Richard Eyre

The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness. – Richard Eyre

I envy the happiness of others… I envy the sense of belonging… I seem always to be remaking myself. – Richard Eyre

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

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work. – Richard Eyre