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 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