Rikkert Stuve: A portrait in 7 quotes
Credentials
MA in English, Sheffield University
MA in English, Nijmegen University, cum laude
Bilingual language proficiency
Ability to stay on target within a defined timeframe
Ability to connect with people and their aspirations
Thirty years’ experience
From the world of clients:
It is Rikkert’s strength that he makes you discover what needs to be done and then infuses you with the self-confidence to go ahead and do it.
(Monic Schijvenaars)
From the world of Hollywood:
The most powerful delivery system ever invented for an idea is a story.
(Aaron Sorkin)
From the world of publicity:
As you get older, you understand that there is no such thing as objectivity. Objectivity? What a load of hypocritical bull. It’s all about taste. Passion.
(Unattributed)
From the world of architecture:
So many buildings these days are ugly. They lack order: the coherence of all component parts. In other words: the fundamental principle is missing.
(Maaike Dicke)
From the world of music:
Never go chasing after things but embrace what’s coming your way.
(Louis van Dijk)
From the world of the stage:
My impresario has the gift to see things in a performance that is as yet unfinished.
(Micha Wertheim)
From the world of wisdom:
What you hear, you forget. What you see, you remember. What you do, you understand.
(Chinese proverb)