Gary Mathews Quotes (4 Quotes)

This pattern is fundamental to probably all Japanese art, particularly the performing arts or poetry. The Japanese feel it's actually the rhythm of nature.... Nature is a continuous process of beginnings, accelerated development and quick endings.

Theatre Nohgaku is an unusual theatre company in that our members are spread throughout North America and Japan, ... What draws us together is our love of Noh, which we feel is one of the most beautiful and powerful theater forms in the world.... The idea (here) is to give the school and Winston-Salem as much exposure to Noh as we can.

There's an enormous inner concentration that's necessary to have the proper bearing on stage and to fill out the simple movements with energy. Even when an actor is standing still on stage, there's still an energy projected from that body. The audience should feel it, all the way through the performance.

It is clear to me that the eighth elementary is going to have to happen.