I'm trying to make the theatrical experience an environmental experience. We want to have the theatre of it right in the laps of the audience … You d… - Julie Taymor

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

I can't design a mask and say to someone else, "Just do it." It's partly because I'm a better sculptor than I am a drawer. Considering the amount of time it would take me to draw exactly what I want, I might as well sculpt it. I paint most of it too. It's incredibly time consuming so I end up turning down a lot of jobs I want to do.

The concrete world isn't necessarily the most powerful world. The world of the mind — whether you're watching Matrix or whatever — the world that's inside here has the power to do a lot of good and a lot of damage.