Art Can Be Engaged In The World

Art Can Be Engaged In The World Without Being Specifically Politically Engaged.

Audiences, Whether They're Seeing A Film Or A Reading Or Whatever It Is, A Concert, They Decide Very Quickly What Kind Of Show It Is, And Then They Judge It. They Judge The Rest Of The Thing By Whether It Conforms To Their Rules For What A Good Symphony Orchestra Would Be.

As An Artist I'd Choose The Thing That's Beautiful More Than The One That's True.

The Only Stuff I Don't Like Are Broadway Musicals. I Hate Them. I Don't Even Like To Talk About It. I Can't Bear Musicals.

Long Live The Beauty That Comes Down And Through And Onto All Of Us.