The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
Source: Who Needs Theatre, pt. 3, The Humanist and the Artist, 1987.
-- Robert Brustein, (Apr 21 1927-____), US edcuator, critic, author; He was dean of the Yale School of Drama and the founder/director of the American Repertory Theater.