Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Zar nije neobično dražesna? To je bilo mišljenje i čitavog društva. Ali užasno je tvrdoglavo - to slatko malo stvorenje.” — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and… — Alex Kingston Copy Share Image
I did [Henrik] Ibsen and [Anton] Chekhov for years. Obviously I didn't get the kind of recognition I have now. Somebody once… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70. — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
You have to distinguish between things that seemed odd when they were new but are now quite familiar, such as Ibsen and… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“Henrik Ibsen hung a picture of August Strindberg over his desk. “He is my mortal enemy and shall hang there and watch… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“He shook his fist at her. He was the mildest of creatures and ventured upon no action of his life without consulting… — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The great Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, wrote, "One of these days, the younger generation will come knocking at my door." The future… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“The social world of Ibsen’s plays is greatly restricted, enclosed in a narrow frame, cut off by the very geography of Norway;… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“And if I am further pressed to declare straightforwardly whether I mean to disparage these authorities [who criticize Ibsen], I reply, pointedly,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Ibsen is like this room where we are sitting, with all the tables and chairs. Do I care whether you have twenty… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Monotheism at Sinai, primitive Christianity, messianic socialism: these are the three supreme moments in which Western culture is presented with what Ibsen… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“And many a time, towards the end of life, does the genius repent of his choice. "It would be better not to… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“For he did not, he would have said, care for women; he never felt at home or at ease with them; and… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
“In actual fact, however, the revolt of Ibsen and Shaw against the conventional nineteenth century drama could very well be described as… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“...only the one who knows and practices the iconoclastic fury of destruction can possess the joy born of freedom, of that unique… — Renzo Novatore Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless the severance is rather casual and it drops a stain on our admiration of Nora. Ibsen has put the leaving of… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
If Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' were alive today, he would recognize the ethic that has informed capitalist and communist countries alike… — Susannah York Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
“Castles in the air—they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too. —HENRIK IBSEN (1828–1906), The Master… — Sean B. Carroll Copy Share Image
She looked like something that might have occured to Ibsen in one of his less frivolous moments. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You played it with great seriousness. And it is not such an uncommon game. Do you know Ibsen's poem -- To live… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Ibsen is at heart an optimist. He could not close his life's work with a note of negation. When We Dead Awaken… — Jeanette Lee Copy Share Image
The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Gemma Arterton in 'The Master Builder' at the Almeida - she was absolutely brilliant. Ibsen is difficult and quite hard to follow,… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I haven't read Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare - except 'The Merchant of Venice' in ninth grade. I'm not familiar with 'Death of a… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“A onda kad polazimo, i kad stavljam šal oko tvojih nježnih, mladenačkih ramena - na taj divni zatiljak - onda zamišljam da… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Ghosts! […] I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his… — Jamie Sives Copy Share Image
“On Monday last I sat without a murmur in a stuffy theatre on a summer afternoon from three to nearly half-past 6,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for this,' but the… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
“They took him to Wagner festivals and Burne-Jones’s private views. They read him all the minor poets. They booked seats for him… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
![“I did [Henrik] Ibsen and [Anton] Chekhov for years. Obviously I didn't get the kind of recognition I have now. Somebody once told me, "You ride the horse the direction it's going."” quote by Joe Manganiello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/76f/joe-manganiello-8246_chekhov_i-did-henrik-ibsen-and-anton-chekhov-for_980127.jpg)
![“And if I am further pressed to declare straightforwardly whether I mean to disparage these authorities [who criticize Ibsen], I reply, pointedly, that I do. I affirm that such criticisms are written by men who know as much of political life as I know of navigation.” quote by George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ea/george-bernard-shaw-68_criticism_and-if-i-am-further-pressed-to-declare-s_1813834.jpg)
![“The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical news, is a lost soul.” quote by Minnie Maddern Fiske](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a5/minnie-maddern-fiske-29607_acting_the-actor-who-lets-the-dust-accumulate-o_2470592.jpg)
![“Ghosts! […] I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that ‘walks’ in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off…” quote by Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b3f/henrik-ibsen-1419_belief_ghosts-i-almost-think-we-are-all-of-us-g_3184486.jpg)
