The Contemporary Circus Handbook Quotes

“As we’ll see throughout this book, one of the main challenges in making a show comes from repeatedly having to answer the fundamental question: How are decisions made in your group? and Who is responsible for different
tasks?”
― Eric Bates, The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing, and Touring Shows for the 21st Century

“Dreaming is easy, hammering out concrete details is hard.”
― Eric Bates, The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing, and Touring Shows for the 21st Century

“Limits can be great for inspiring creative solutions.”
― Eric Bates, The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing, and Touring Shows for the 21st Century

“If you believe that the show you’re
making will improve the world, there’s nothing saying that your goals and
self-interests and someone else’s goals and interests have to be mutually
exclusive. They can align.”
― Eric Bates, The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing, and Touring Shows for the 21st Century