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Terry Teachout quotes: A masterpiece doesn't push you around. It lets you make up your own mind about what it means - and change it as often as you like.

A masterpiece doesn't push you around. It lets you make up your own mind about what it means - and change it as often as you like.

Terry Teachout quotes: I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

Terry Teachout quotes: I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.

I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.

Terry Teachout quotes: What's the funniest play ever written? I used to think it was 'Noises Off,' but now that I've seen 'The Liar,' I'm not so sure.

What's the funniest play ever written? I used to think it was 'Noises Off,' but now that I've seen 'The Liar,' I'm not so sure.

Terry Teachout quotes: Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

Terry Teachout quotes: I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.

I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.

Terry Teachout quotes: The setting of 'Billy Elliot' is the British miners' strike of 1984-85, about which the average American playgoer knows absolutely nothing.

The setting of 'Billy Elliot' is the British miners' strike of 1984-85, about which the average American playgoer knows absolutely nothing.

Terry Teachout quotes: In the early days of jazz, it was ensemble music: everybody playing all together. Nobody really stood out.

In the early days of jazz, it was ensemble music: everybody playing all together. Nobody really stood out.

Terry Teachout quotes: I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns.

I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns.

Terry Teachout quotes: For my part, I like live theater best when it's taut, concentrated and intimate.

For my part, I like live theater best when it's taut, concentrated and intimate.

Terry Teachout quotes: If I ever see another Shakespeare production where somebody drives a Jeep on stage, I'm going to run screaming up the aisle.

If I ever see another Shakespeare production where somebody drives a Jeep on stage, I'm going to run screaming up the aisle.

Terry Teachout quotes: This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published.

This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published.

Terry Teachout quotes: Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible.

Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible.

Terry Teachout quotes: There is still a lot to be said for the well-made, witty, clever, three-act comedy.

There is still a lot to be said for the well-made, witty, clever, three-act comedy.

Terry Teachout quotes: The good news is that 'High School Musical' seems to be getting a lot of youngsters excited about theater.

The good news is that 'High School Musical' seems to be getting a lot of youngsters excited about theater.

Terry Teachout quotes: The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.

The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.

Terry Teachout quotes: Charles Ives was writing radically innovative music, but nobody performed it, and nobody knew about it.

Charles Ives was writing radically innovative music, but nobody performed it, and nobody knew about it.

Terry Teachout quotes: There wasn't a lot of live music that you could hear where I came from, which was a small town in southeast Missouri.

There wasn't a lot of live music that you could hear where I came from, which was a small town in southeast Missouri.

Terry Teachout quotes: Unlike film, live theater is an anti-naturalistic medium in which character is mainly illuminated through speech and movement.

Unlike film, live theater is an anti-naturalistic medium in which character is mainly illuminated through speech and movement.

Terry Teachout quotes: Yes, translation is by definition an inadequate substitute for being able to read a masterpiece in the original.

Yes, translation is by definition an inadequate substitute for being able to read a masterpiece in the original.

Terry Teachout quotes: I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto.

I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto.

Terry Teachout quotes: Nobody reads a reference book to be amused, much less charmed.

Nobody reads a reference book to be amused, much less charmed.

Terry Teachout quotes: Even if I could, I wouldn't want to undo the transformation of jazz into a sophisticated art music.

Even if I could, I wouldn't want to undo the transformation of jazz into a sophisticated art music.

Terry Teachout quotes: What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then ... it's gone.

What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then ... it's gone.

Terry Teachout quotes: EXTREMELY FUNNY! A SUPER-VIRTUOSO! I expected to enjoy 'The Two and Only,' but I didn't expect to be touched, much less to find my eyes growing moist.

EXTREMELY FUNNY! A SUPER-VIRTUOSO! I expected to enjoy 'The Two and Only,' but I didn't expect to be touched, much less to find my eyes growing moist.

Terry Teachout quotes: Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others.

Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others.

Terry Teachout quotes: At its best, no art form is more thrilling than grand opera, yet none is at greater risk of following the dinosaurs down the cold road to extinction.

At its best, no art form is more thrilling than grand opera, yet none is at greater risk of following the dinosaurs down the cold road to extinction.

Terry Teachout quotes: One of the advantages of no longer being young is that you're expected to start making up your mind about certain things.

One of the advantages of no longer being young is that you're expected to start making up your mind about certain things.

Terry Teachout quotes: Life usually tells the best stories - but sometimes it takes an artist to show us what they mean.

Life usually tells the best stories - but sometimes it takes an artist to show us what they mean.

Terry Teachout quotes: One reason why Shakespeare's plays remain so popular is that they're now regularly presented in updated stagings with a contemporary flavor.

One reason why Shakespeare's plays remain so popular is that they're now regularly presented in updated stagings with a contemporary flavor.

Terry Teachout quotes: Needless to say, anybody who can stumble through a C-major scale knows that Art Tatum always gave his audiences 10 times their money's worth.

Needless to say, anybody who can stumble through a C-major scale knows that Art Tatum always gave his audiences 10 times their money's worth.

Terry Teachout quotes: Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.

Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.

Terry Teachout quotes: For the critic, the word 'best' is like a grenade without a pin: Toss it around too freely, and you're likely to get your hand blown off.

For the critic, the word 'best' is like a grenade without a pin: Toss it around too freely, and you're likely to get your hand blown off.

Terry Teachout quotes: Limitations, be they practical or arbitrary, force artists to dig more deeply instead of settling for easy answers.

Limitations, be they practical or arbitrary, force artists to dig more deeply instead of settling for easy answers.

Terry Teachout quotes: Samuel Beckett's estate will not license productions of his plays that are not performed as written.

Samuel Beckett's estate will not license productions of his plays that are not performed as written.

Terry Teachout quotes: Most 'Monty Python' fans are, of course, baby boomers, who have long been a nostalgic lot and are growing more so as they totter toward old age.

Most 'Monty Python' fans are, of course, baby boomers, who have long been a nostalgic lot and are growing more so as they totter toward old age.

Terry Teachout quotes: A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.

Terry Teachout quotes: Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. You don't see it.

Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. You don't see it.

Terry Teachout quotes: Everybody in America was talking about TV early in 1949, though comparatively few Americans owned a set of their own.

Everybody in America was talking about TV early in 1949, though comparatively few Americans owned a set of their own.

Terry Teachout quotes: The script of a play is not a finished product: It's a set of instructions.

The script of a play is not a finished product: It's a set of instructions.

Terry Teachout quotes: David Cromer, from Chicago, I think is the most gifted young director in America.

David Cromer, from Chicago, I think is the most gifted young director in America.

Terry Teachout quotes: I know that luck has a way of happening to people who shoot high, who never sell themselves short.

I know that luck has a way of happening to people who shoot high, who never sell themselves short.

Terry Teachout quotes: A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself.

A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself.

Terry Teachout quotes: The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.

The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.

Terry Teachout quotes: Tom Stoppard, the English-speaking world's brainiest playwright, thinks that British audiences have grown too dumb to understand his plays.

Tom Stoppard, the English-speaking world's brainiest playwright, thinks that British audiences have grown too dumb to understand his plays.

Terry Teachout quotes: All of the most popular music of the '30s and '40s were deeply informed by jazz.

All of the most popular music of the '30s and '40s were deeply informed by jazz.