Quotes by Julie Taymor

“[One question on everyones lips is whether a woman will capture best director for a play or musical. This year women are nominated in both categories -- Garry Hynes for the play] The Beauty Queen of Leenane, ... The Lion King.”

“Theres never been a woman that won it, so we dont know, there may never be. But there have not been that many women on Broadway directing, period.”

“This is just spectacular, spectacular,”

“I had spent a lot of my life in other cultures. I spent four years in Indonesia. I traveled through Japan. ... I have seen theater practiced in these ways before: mask theater, puppet theater.”

“This is not to make it easier, its just to entice people to come.”

“In todays world, its more relevant than ever. Its about how do we look at the world from the outsiders point of view, from the monsters point of view.”

Americans in particular are myopic. Theyre not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. Thats what I did. I went to Indonesia.

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.