Wise Words From Orson Welles | The Great Acting Blog
Welles’ insights here are mainly centred on creativity and being an artist, along with a little bit of philosophy, ie; ways to think about our work.
Here are a few wise words by him….
“I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.”
“A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.”
“I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That’s what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.”
“The enemy of art of is the absence of limitations.”
“My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.”
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RESOURCES
Orson Welles quotes at Wellesnet
Orson Welles: The Road To Xanadu by Simon Callow [audiobook]
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