Famous Quotes

"Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate."

Harvey Fierstein on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Harvey Fierstein

• "Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate."

• "Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it."

• "My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives."

• "What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change."

• "In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things."