One cannot demand of art that ...

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
 Uta Hagen

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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
 Uta Hagen
The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.
 Uta Hagen
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding, and questioning of the social conditions under which man exists and tries to better himself. One of the first moves of a dictatorship is to stifle the artists and thinkers who have the ability to stir up dissent from any prescribed dogma which might enslave them. Because the artist can arouse the curiosity and conscience of his community, he becomes a threat to those who have taken power.
 Uta Hagen
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
 Uta Hagen
Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen.
 Uta Hagen