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Terry Teachout Quotes

American - Critic | February 6, 1956 -

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

Music Professional Jazz Years Kinds

There wasn't a lot of live music that you could hear where I came from, which was a small town in southeast Missouri.

Live Music Small You Small Town

The wonderful thing about theater as an art form is it's a purely empirical art form. It's all about what works. And every show, every production, is created anew right from the moment you go into the rehearsal hall.

Art Moment You Go Right Production

If I ever see another Shakespeare production where somebody drives a Jeep on stage, I'm going to run screaming up the aisle.

Run Stage See Up Production Going

I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto.

Me Loved Never Write Always Opera

A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself.

Creativity Creative Artist Critic

Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. You don't see it.

Art Direction You Invisible See

I learned more in the rehearsals for 'The Letter' than I have ever dreamed of know in the theater as a critic. If it doesn't make me a better critic, I'm an idiot.

Me Better Idiot Know More Critic

The smaller newspapers probably won't have any critics at all. Maybe that's not such a bad thing because there's a certain level of seriousness that you can't get with a small newspaper for critics.

Small You Bad Newspaper Critics Get

The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.

Good Dance Enough You Critic Going

In a world without any criticism at all, although there are many actors who would think they would be delighted to see that happen, would in fact be a far more problematic world than they could ever imagine.

World Think Criticism More See Far

Critics at their best are independent voices; people take seriously their responsibility to see as many things as they can see, put them in the widest possible perspective, educate their readers. I really do think of myself as a teacher.

Teacher Myself Responsibility Best

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