Every Generalization is Rubbish

"Every generalization is rubbish. [...] How would you compare the actors? They’re all different. Is India noisy or serene? Well, both. Are the English cold? Not really. They can be. But the function of art is to destroy generalizations. Art is always about the concrete and the specific. It is to take the abstract and to give it flesh. It is to incarnate. That’s why talking about it is actually impossible."
--Declan Donnellan
 British theater producer (The Spectator, 3/30/13)