Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.
Richard Eyre
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- The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.
- The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness.
- I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.
- 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.
- A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.