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There is something human beings can do. "The adrenaline rush," we call it. Fear, tremendous love. When people kill themselves, commit suicide over love, that kind of passion will move mountains.

— Julie Taymor Academy of Achievement interview (2006)

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The first thing I do when I’m creating, either for stage or for cinema, is to find the ideograph of the story.

I can't design a mask and say to someone else, "Just do it."

I really, really love to have people honestly be moved and inspired.

Academy of Achievement interview (2006)

The artist has the possibility to create a much larger landscape with puppetry. The human becomes more human in that sense.

The concrete world isn't necessarily the most powerful world. The world of the mind … has the power to do a lot of good and a lot of damage.

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