The Contemporary Circus Handbook Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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