Argumentative exhibitions bring issues to life in a way that very much irritates traditional curators who want to see their pictures valued for themselves.

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I spend a lot of my time trying to draw the attention of actors to...

I spend a lot of my time trying to draw the attention of actors to...

Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility.

Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility.

What people want is not what some would call imaginative and often austere productions but...

What people want is not what some would call imaginative and often austere productions but...

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now...

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now...

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make...

Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make...

You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're...

You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're...

Humor is vague, runaway stuff that hisses around the fissures and crevices of the mind,...

Humor is vague, runaway stuff that hisses around the fissures and crevices of the mind,...

Now, that is in a way also what scientists are trying to do they're trying...

Now, that is in a way also what scientists are trying to do they're trying...

What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in...

What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in...

A lot of high-level scientists are in fact people of almost universal interest.

A lot of high-level scientists are in fact people of almost universal interest.

It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to...

It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to...

As we know from the work of certain fundamental physicists, people like Einstein were very...

As we know from the work of certain fundamental physicists, people like Einstein were very...

People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists.

People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists.

The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go...

The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go...

Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed...

Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed...

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing:...

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing:...

What I should have been, you see, is a neurologist.

What I should have been, you see, is a neurologist.

People can't draw now and don't feel it's necessary. Art students don't seem to want...

People can't draw now and don't feel it's necessary. Art students don't seem to want...