Edgar Degas Quotes

I take a lot of pride in connecting with people - period.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

Humans need to touch each other. We need to look at each other… We are human creatures, meant to be linked… So, yes, it's a gift for me to be able to look at somebody that I know or don't know, that I love or maybe not love, and to be able to connect.

I'm really interested in how we understand each other - and whether we can understand each other.

Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people.

What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.

You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other.

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.

I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?