Mary Zimmerman Professions : Theatre Director Born : August 23, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Mary Zimmerman It has been said that the myth is a public dream, dreams are private myths. Unfortunately we give our mythic side scant attention these days. As a result, a great deal escapes us and we no longer understand our own actions. So it remains important and salutary to speak not only of the rational and easily understood, but also of enigmatic things: the irrational and the ambiguous. To speak both privately and publicly. Mary Zimmerman important dream giving A: The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul. Q: It always happens? A: If we're lucky. And if we let ourselves be blind. Q: Instead of watching out? A: Instead of always watching out. Mary Zimmerman finding-love soul dark I'm drawn to very large texts that are mammothly popular in different parts of the world but are almost unknown here [the USA]. They're safe bets; if they've been around for 2,000 years, there's a reason. It's often a title or just a phrase within the text that will compel me to adapt it. Mary Zimmerman titles usa years I've always loved fairy tales. I think they perhaps led me to theater rather than the other way around. As a child I wanted to invent a machine that could record my dreams, so I could watch them in the morning; or hire someone to draw the things I had in my head, because I knew I didn't have the skill to do it myself. Theater is that machine. I can make these images come to life and actually walk around inside them for a while. Mary Zimmerman dream morning children Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die. Mary Zimmerman moments capacity love Let me die still loving, and so, never die. Mary Zimmerman let-me dies stills The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul. Mary Zimmerman finding-love soul dark Similar Authors Anne Bogart theatre-director Anna D. Shapiro theatre-director Bartlett Sher theatre-director Daniel J. Sullivan theatre-director Harold Clurman theatre-director George Ogilvie theatre-director All Authors
