Humans are pattern-seeking animals, consciously and subconsciously imposing designs and theories on to past events. We do this in both our private lives and when looking at history.
Sometimes it's learning how the play wants to function rather than imposing something on it. For me, that's the thrill in directing.
Maybe the key aspect of imposing fear to the opposition is to make them understand that we have no fear.
I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project.
'Vikings' has been so many different challenges, and some of that is, at times, you have to be big and imposing and violent and vicious, and then you have be pulled back and withdrawn and just more layers and more time to portray those layers, too.
I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.
But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.
Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.
Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.
